Creative Lives

Our guest this week is Sarah Williams, founder and director at arts consultancy Soho Curious & Co. Sarah's career path is a great example of how you can make a creative career work for you, without a formal education. Having dropped out of a degree soon after starting, she decided to make her own way early on – moving to London with few connections, little in the way of a plan and zero knowledge of the industry. Since then, she’s been on a journey of discovery that’s seen her go from restaurant manager to art buyer, and even move to Australia for a while to work as a photographic producer.

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This episode of Creative Lives was brought to you by Lecture in Progress. It was presented by Indi Davies. The editor was Ivor Manly.

Lecture in Progress is made possible with the support of a number of brand partners – they include G . F Smith, Google, Sky Creative Agency, Hoefler and Co., Colophon Foundry and The Paul Smith Foundation.

Our guest this week is Sereena Abbassi, an activist, writer, public speaker who has worked as the head of culture and inclusion at M&C Saatchi since 2018.

Sereena’s work is entirely focused on combatting the lack of diversity in the industry, promoting inclusivity and representation, along with education around unconscious bias and the value of different viewpoints. We hear about her day-to-day, and how her upbringing and experience of living all over the world feeds into her work.

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This episode of Creative Lives was brought to you by Lecture in Progress. It was presented by Indi Davies. The editor was Ivor Manly.

Lecture in Progress is made possible with the support of a number of brand partners – they include G . F Smith, Google, Sky Creative Agency, Hoefler and Co., Colophon Foundry and The Paul Smith Foundation.

On the podcast this week, we’re joined by Liam Walsh, creative technology director at east London-based animation studio Nexus. He fills us in on working on an exciting array of projects – from stellar interactive work with Google to bringing Childish Gambino to life in AR.

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This episode of Creative Lives was brought to you by Lecture in Progress. It was presented by Indi Davies. The editor was Ivor Manly.

Lecture in Progress is made possible with the support of a number of brand partners – they include G . F Smith, Google, Sky Creative Agency, Hoefler and Co., Colophon Foundry and The Paul Smith Foundation.

As the creative lead at Spotify UK, Emma's work currently focusses on the interplay between audio and visual elements. Looking back on her previous roles, she describes her CV as particularly “millennial” – referring to her job at Twitter, where she worked as “emoji specialist” – creating custom emojis for trending hashtags. Emma fills us in on the work culture at Spotify, and some of the creative challenges she's faced in her career so far.

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This episode of Creative Lives was brought to you by Lecture in Progress. It was presented by Marianne Hanoun and the guest was Emma Hopkins, interviewed by Indi Davies. The editor was Ivor Manly.

Lecture in Progress is made possible with the support of a number of brand partners – they include G . F Smith, Google, Sky Creative Agency, Hoefler and Co., Colophon Foundry and The Paul Smith Foundation.

Our guest this week is Maksimilian Kallhed, co-founder of The Pop Up Agency, who is currently based between London and Paris. Maksimilian was still studying at Hyper Island Stockholm when he co-founded the agency with five fellow students. In their first year as fledgeling creative consultants – armed with the business model of solving briefs within a 48-hours – The Pop Up Agency launched with a global tour, setting out to provide creative direction and strategy to fifteen different clients, in fifteen different countries, within fifteen weeks. We hear how Max and the team made their concept work as students, and how the company has grown since then.

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This episode of Creative Lives was presented by Indi Davies and the editor was Ivor Manly.

Lecture in Progress is made possible with the support of a number of brand partners – they include Google, Sky Creative Agency, Colophon Foundry, G.F Smith and The Paul Smith Foundation.

Having previously worked as an assistant editor at publishing company Scholastic, in 2017 Aimée joined forces with co-worker David Stevens to launch their own inclusive, independent children’s publisher, Knights Of.

With a focus on publishing books that reflect a more diverse spectrum of stories and characters, Aimée joins us on the podcast this week to talk about the journey they’ve taken so far, the realties and challenges of setting up shop, and share her advice on working as a creative partnership.

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This episode of Creative Lives was recorded at The Story, a one-day conference organised by content studio, Storythings. It was presented by Marianne Hanoun and the editor was Ivor Manly.

Lecture in Progress is made possible with the support of a number of brand partners – they include Google, Sky Creative Agency, Colophon Foundry, G.F Smith and The Paul Smith Foundation.

Our guest this week is magazine-enthusiast and expert Jeremy Leslie, the founder of editorial-design resource MagCulture​. He talks us through the journey that led him to turning his passion project into a full-time pursuit, gives us his thoughts on the industry’s current landscape, and what makes for exemplary editorial design.​

Originally from Ontario, Canada, Katee is a strategy director at creative agency, Kindred in London. But when she’s not doing that, you’ll often find her on a football pitch.

Katee founded community football club, Hackney Laces in 2011. Starting with a small team, the community has since grown. Hackney Laces now supports over 200 girls in East London with developing skills both on and off the pitch – offering help with things like job applications and securing work experience.

Katee fills us in on some of the challenges she faced after graduation, balancing her time, and how her love of football helped her create not only professional connections, but real communities.

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This episode of Creative Lives was brought to you by Lecture in Progress. It was presented by Marianne Hanoun and the editor was Ivor Manly.

Lecture in Progress is made possible with the support of a number of brand partners – they include Google, Sky Creative Agency, Colophon Foundry, G.F Smith and The Paul Smith Foundation.

On this week’s podcast, we get to know rising director of photography, Joel Honeywell, whose work includes projects with Vogue, Dazed, i-D and Vice, as well as production companies like Partizan and Somesuch. After years of climbing through the ranks of the camera department, he recently made a bold career leap into cinematography, resulting in award-winning content and a job he truly loves. We talk about how he got his start, his favourite projects and finding satisfaction in your role.

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This episode of Creative Lives was brought to you by Lecture in Progress. It was presented by Indi Davies and the editor was Ivor Manly.

Lecture in Progress is made possible with the support of a number of brand partners – they include Google, Sky Creative Agency, Colophon Foundry, G.F Smith and The Paul Smith Foundation.

On the podcast this week, we're joined by Ruby Wight, senior integrated designer at fashion powerhouse, Burberry. Ruby currently heads up a team of four designers to realise some of the brand’s most engaging and ambitious campaigns, both physically and digitally.

She joins us on the podcast to discuss her role, and reflect on a career journey that took her from Glasgow School of Art to the art departments of magazines, then branding agencies in LA and London, before finding her place in the fashion world.

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This episode of Creative Lives was brought to you by Lecture in Progress. It was presented by Marianne Hanoun and the editor was Ivor Manly.

Lecture in Progress is made possible with the support of a number of brand partners – they include ustwo, Google, Sky Creative Agency, Colophon Foundry, G.F Smith and The Paul Smith Foundation.