The Association for In-House Creative Leadership

By the end of 2015, after being an in-house creative director for nearly 8 years and working in this field for over 20 years, I found myself self-employed for the second time in my career. Now, as I enter my fourth year as a brand and creative strategy consultant, I attribute some of my success as a business owner to my experiences and the lessons I learned by working in-house. Reflecting on that time being in-house, I can also say that my consulting mindset, and teaching instincts, also attributed to my success leading in-house creative teams.

I am often surprised to hear that many in-house creative leaders are not running their own budgets for their departments. And because they are not the budget owner, they have very little say into what and how much goes into the budgeting process. We all know running an in-house creative team is similar to running […]

InSource and inMotionNow are excited to announce the 2019 In-House Creative Management Report! Over 500 creative and marketing professionals across industries participated in the survey which took a deep dive into the leadership, collaboration, and relationship between marketing and creative teams.