100 creative directors

We explore how great creative work gets done.

We asked 100 creative directors to share some advice.
100 Days
Air helps creative directors and their teams stay aligned to deliver strong work faster. So we set out to interview 100 creative directors, asking them to share their creative operations advice with us and you. New interviews on Tuesdays.
Air helps creative directors and their teams stay aligned to deliver strong work faster. So we set out to interview 100 creative directors, asking them to share their creative operations advice with us and you. New interviews on Tuesdays.
We asked 100 creative directors to share some advice.
100 Days
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Meet the creatives.

Eric Beard
EA SPORTS FIFA
Nick Bayne
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
Jean Park
Freelance
Robert Navarro
APM Music
Audra V. Pace
Studio AVP
Tomas Alvear
Vevo
Erin Smith
Freelance
David Oswald
Freelance
Abby Diamond
Tomgirl
Morgan Young
Freelance
Ramon Ariel
160over90
Jenna Josepher
Freelance
Annie Greenberg
Lonely Planet
Kerry Laster
FatShiba
Treasure Neal
Inspira
Jessica Bognar
Salesforce
Ernst Bernard
HelloYoung Films
Liz Furze
AMP
Kevin Johnson
The Denver Broncos
Melody Julius
Designerds
Sonya van Heyningen
PUMA
Assaf Swissa
Superdigital
Quint Xavier Roper-Sirvent
Burrell Communications
Andrew Haynes
Fairgame Golf
Eve Maidenberg
Mejuri
Chris George
The Utah Jazz
Tim Canton
Super Massive Fun
Peter Lung
Universal Pictures
Jan Zlotnick
Sprinklr
Kris Renkewitz
Renkewitz Studios
Lina Yaghi
160over90
Javier de Innocentis
A+E Networks Latin America
Quinn Struke
Securitas Technology
Liz Hinlein
New York Film Academy
J. W. Crump
Brrrn
Mike Brownsher
ESPN NY
Katie Morgan
The Las Vegas Aces
Larissa Machado
Warner Bros. Discovery
Josh Reese
Chewy
Jess Gary
Brooklinen
Jon Reil
Toast
Erika Canfijn
Freelance
Joseph Mains
Headspace
Emily Sheehan
FIG
Chapin Clark
R/GA
Kieron Mullarkey
Paramount+
Todd Grinham & Brittany Poole
Freelance
Mark Majewski
The Boston Bruins
Philipp Dietz
Team One
Will Galperin
Freelance
Kerry Paul
The Brooklyn Nets
Jacobi Mehringer
Wieden+Kennedy
Adam Dines
symplr
David Swope
Swope Films
Michael de Wit
Grey Group
Jeffrey Butterworth
Butter Co.
Katrina Alonso
Freelance
Melissa Rosenthal
ClickUp
Christine Fitzsimons
Weber Shandwick
Omid Amidi
Freelance
Emily Williams
Jane Technologies
Zachary Winterton
Winterton
George McCalman
McCalman.Co
Mike Ruiz
Freelance
Sean Ferguson
Panther
Mina Mikhael
Translation
Julian Cohen
Johannes Leonardo
Emily Simmons
Ruggable
Shaun Bruce
Freelance
Peter Neils
Freelance
Laura Harrington
Freelance
Mila Golubov
160over90
Adrián Flores
The SpringHill Company & Robot
Ray Smiling
division7
Carmen Love
Freelance
David Scott
Freelance
Nik Reed
Wieden+Kennedy
“In most lines of creative work, you can look at something and tell if the people who worked on it enjoyed making it. It's usually pretty apparent.”
Eric Beard
EA SPORTS FIFA
“You’ve got to be able to put your heart into it –– and then distance yourself.”
Nick Bayne
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
“Learn very quickly what you love to do and what you don’t love to do. Know that you don't have to do everything.”
Jean Park
Freelance
“That old retail credo is correct: the client is always right.”
Robert Navarro
APM Music
“Your job is to create something that’s more than the sum of those checked boxes. Trust your own voice."
Audra V. Pace
Studio AVP
”Learn all of your team's capabilities to increase the range of what you can do and ultimately strengthen the quality of what you can achieve.”
Tomas Alvear
Vevo
“Try to understand your boss’ job, or you won’t grow and advance. Always look for the “why” behind what you’re doing.”
David Oswald
Freelance
“Creative directing isn’t just about making your team great for the project at hand, it’s about training them to be great in their next job”
Erin Smith
Freelance
“Assumptions are the enemy of a job well done”
Abby Diamond
Tomgirl
”You can't always get more time. What you can do is make the systems on your team as well-oiled as possible.”
Morgan Young
Freelance
”Just go lock yourself in a room for an hour — at least ten minutes — every day and work on your craft.”
Ramon Ariel
160over90
“Don’t expect anybody else to want you to win.”
Jenna Josepher
Freelance
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