As the holiday season gears up and 2010 winds to a close, it’s time to assess budgets and reflect on the year’s accomplishments. How does your team recognize the staff for their contributions?
In-house design departments have the advantage of a guaranteed client base. In large corporations, however, it’s often surprising how many areas of the firm are not aware of the service. How do you get the word out to establish your place in the company as an indispensable resource, on par with agencies?
Support services like design can take a back seat to revenue-generating areas of the firm. Yet no one can deny the value of a well-managed brand and clear, consistent communications. Becoming true partners with marketing, corporate communications and product development teams is key to making the value of design known
Designers in a corporate environment are known to get stale working in templates with limited fonts and color palettes. How do you reinvigorate the creativity in your department, to keep design fresh?
As in-house leaders, we have at some point in our creative lives been given one great piece of advice on managing our career, business or team that’s become a guiding light. Please share with the InSource community the best piece of advice you’ve received, and who it came from.
Everyone likes to be recognized for their work by the design community, but is it worth the time, effort and expense to prepare submissions to design competitions and then have to pay for your award once you win?
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How has your group been affected by the recent economic downturn?
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