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Why Values, Behavior and Purpose are Important to an Organization Culture.
Guiding Organizational Transformation Through Behavior Change
Learning and development is vital to achieving your business goals.
Trust & Authentic Feedback
Integrated Producers as Project Managers
The Power of Teams
How Do We Adapt to Change?
Building Cross-functional Teams
It’s Easier to Demotivate than Motivate Creative People
The Ever Changing State of Creative Project Management
The Ever Changing State of Creative Project Management
Agency Culture
When an Organization's Culture Goes Toxic
When an Organization's Culture Goes Toxic
Being as S.M.A.R.T. A.S...
Being as S.M.A.R.T. A.S...
What Makes a Great Creative Project Manager?
What Makes a Great Creative Project Manager?
Producers vs Project Managers in Today's Agency - Revisited
Producers vs Project Managers in Today's Agency - Revisited
Building Your Agency's Integrated Engine
Building Your Agency's Integrated Engine
Building Presence on the Creative Playing Field
Building Presence on the Creative Playing Field
The Integrated Team Model
The Integrated Team Model
Additional Charts in Other Sections
The Creative Brief - An Exercise in Soft Values Between Client & Agency.
The Creative Brief - An Exercise in Soft Values Between Client & Agency.
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Managing the Creative Process & Integrated Project Management
Managing with an Open Mind, Balance & Humility
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Shape Organizational Change Through Cultural Development
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Project Managers and Producers in today's Ad Agency
Project Managers and Producers in today's Ad Agency
Crafting a Creative Agency Environment
Don't Dread the Monday Status Meeting
Time is Essential in Fostering Creativity
Managing the Drop Dead Date
Listening & Team Communication

Accounting Articles

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Advertising is a business
Value vs. Time based accounting - How do we charge for innovation?
Agency Basics - Profit = Revenue - Cost
Agency Basics - Calculating the Agency Fee by using FTE's
Agency Basics - Setting Hourly Rates
Agency Basics - Alternate Forms of Compensation
Agency Basics - Keeping Track of Spending
Agency Basics -The Dreaded, but Essential Time Sheet
The Art and Science of Estimating

Account Services

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Example Director Account Services Job Description
Example of an Account Executive Job Description
The Model Change in Client Services
Business Development / Head of Account Services - Job Description
Interactive Agency Account Executive - Job Description
Generic Account Executive - Job Description
Strategist - Job Description (Simple)
Account Executive - Job Description (Simple)
Account Director - Job Description (Simple)
Agency Basics - Keeping Everyone Informed
Account Team Members - Responsibilities and Roles
The Account Group - Base Level Role

Creative

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ECD (Copy) Job Description Example
Visual Designer (UI light) Job Description
Design Director (Integrated environment)
Art Director - Job Description
ECD - (copy/conceptual version) - Job Description
Integrated Method Card Deck
The Creative Brief - An exercise in soft-values between agency and client.
Creative Director - Job Description (Simple)
Copywriter - Job Description (Simple)
Art Director - Job Description (Simple)

Operations

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Example of Operations Director Job Description
New Ways of Working, Mean Rethinking Talent
Your Project Leaders are the Firm’s Process & Governance Champions
Pulling it all Together to Define your Firm’s Foundational Model
The Importance of Developing an Organizational Culture
Ed’s Guidelines for Managing Creative Firms & Teams.

Project Management

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Short Deck on Integrated Project Management in a Team Based Environment Versus Silos.
Team Based Producer Process Model
Example Director Project Management Job Description
Using a RACI Chart to Assess Accountability
The Importance of Communicating
The Stages of a Maturing Creative Team
Managing Deadlines
Working under traditional project management frameworks
The Invisible Rules of Teams
The Theory Behind Integrated Methodology
When to Lead, Manage or Just be a Part of a Creative Team
The Mechanics of Managing Creative Projects
Leading the Project, the Process & the Team
Defining Creative Project Management
The Difference Between Waterfall, Agile & Integrated Project Management in Creative Firms.
Balancing the Soft and Hard Skills Needed to be a Creative Project Manager
The Basics of Creative Project Management
The Creative Project Manager's Toolbox
Integrated Scope of Work - Long Form Example
Integrated Producer - Job Description
Integrated Basics - Simple Scope of Work
Integrated Basics - Job Intake Questions
The Producer - Job Description (Simple)
Old Skool Agency Process Manuals
Traffic Manager - Generic Job Description

Interactive Specific

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Blending Agile & Waterfall
Social Media Strategist (Job Description) Example
Example of using Sprints and Scrums for completing Agile based phases.
Waterfall vs. Agile Design Process
Simplified Agency Interactive Process
Interactive Process within an Integrated Agency Chart
Interactive Development Waterfall Process
Front-End / Creative Technologist - Job Description
Back-End Developer - Job Description
Front-End Developer - Job Description
Head of Development (Solutions Architect Approach) - Job Description
Interactive Department Head (JD Example)
Ux Designer - Job Description
Integrated (Interactive) Producer as a PM
Integrated Producer Job Description
The Digital Brief
The Creative Technologist
The Integrated Producer (Short) JD

Strategy / Planning

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Example Director of Strategy Job Description
Strategic Process - to The Creative Brief
Social Media / Content Strategist - Job Description
Researcher /Junior Strategist - Job Description
Example of an Analyst - Job Description
Senior Strategist - Job Description
Head of Strategy - Job Description

Workflow / Process

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Large Website Journey Example
Integrated Producer Model Example
Prototyping Before Crafting
Understanding Agile; The Big “A” and the Small “a”
Agile: Shifts in Thinking
Why go the Integrated Producer Route?
Working Under Traditional Project Management Frameworks
Using Waterfall Methodologies to Manage Creative Work
Building Cross-Functional Teams
Traditional Creative Project Management
Advertising Agency Organization
Integrated Workflow Model
Examples of Producer "Like" Workflows
The Creative Brief as a Strategic Process Diagram
How The Agency Works 2.0
Project Manager Workflow Diagram
Initial Project Intake Diagram
The Creative Brief as a Living Document Diagram
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Agency Basics, Basic Workflow Within the Agency
Workflow - a Definition
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Re-Engineering

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Building Creative Organizations Through Modeling

Old Skool Studio

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Studio Imaging / Retouching Artist - Job Description
Studio Print Production Artist - Job Description
Studio Print Production Artist - Job Description #2
The Old Studio Manager - Job Description
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Print Specific

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Production Basics: Talking about Papergrades
Old Skool Production Manager's Job Description

Resources on the Web

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