Want to stand out in the competitive creative industry? Then level up your skills. Lucy Marino of Robert Half talent solutions says that sharpening certain skills — from art direction to AI — can take your career to the next level.
Category: Hiring & Career Tips
2025 Hiring and Compensation Trends For Creative Leaders
Staying on top of employment trends can help you adapt your recruitment practices and salary structures. Lucy Marino of global talent solutions leader Robert Half lays out the key factors shaping the hiring scene for marketing and creative professionals.
Is Your Creative Team Ready For The AI Revolution?
The AI Revolution: is your team ready? Generative AI is opening up new possibilities in visual communication. Lucy Marino of global talent solutions leader Robert Half urges creative leaders to put this technology to work for a competitive edge.
Why Working For An Agency Could Boost Your Creative Career
Working for a creative or marketing agency can be a career accelerator because agencies are where ideas collide, skills sharpen and doors open. Lucy Marino of Robert Half Talent Solutions lays out some of the challenges, opportunities and strategies to consider in potentially making the move.
6 Ways To Add Creativity Back Into Your Team’s Workday
Is your team’s creative well running dry? You are not alone. Here are several ideas on how to overcome the negative forces that can sap motivation and how to build a work environment that inspires innovation and engagement from Lucy Marino of Robert Half Talent Solutions.
The Demand For Skilled Creative Talent: Trends & Strategies For 2024
There’s no easing up in the race for creative talent in 2024. Creative and marketing managers are actively hiring but face hurdles finding candidates with the right skills. Robert Half’s Lucy Marino unpacks strategies that can help in the quest for top talent.
Maugé-Lewis Book Guides Students Toward Graphic Design Careers
Professor Carole Maugé-Lewis’ new book – So! You Want To Become A Graphic Designer: A Resource and Guide — is available as an eBook and in paperback. With a foreward by GDUSA’s Gordon Kaye, the book is aimed at aspiring graphic design students, career changers, and more.
2024: Your Year to Shine in Digital Design
Thinking about shaking things up career-wise in 2024? Digital design might just be the path. Lucy Marino of global talent solutions firm Robert Half on why digital design is a hot prospect and how you can prepare for the opportunity.
2024 Salary and Employment Trends Creatives Should Know
Knowledge is power, says Lucy Marino of global talent solutions firm Robert Half. In this piece, she utilizes data from the 2024 Salary Guide to shed light on the job market, salary and hiring expectations, and more.
GDUSA Podcast #13: ESG and Designing for Good and Much More
The rise of ESG and its confluence with the Designing For Good movement. Experts are from Robert Half talent solutions: Stephanie Dolmat, Sr. Director, ESG and Lucy Marino, Executive Director of the marketing and creative practice.
Fuel Your Team’s Creative Fire
Agencies shouldn’t just think about investment in learning in terms of money for products or technologies. Dan Crowder says the real investment needs to come in how you fuel your team’s creative fire.
The Advantages Of A Variable Talent Approach For Your Workforce
Lucy Marino of Robert Half on the struggle to find top creative talent, and why the answer to success may lie in adopting a variable talent model for your creative workforce to bridge the talent gap.
Design Graduates Should Keep An Open Mind
Carsten Glock urges graduates to keep an open mind and step off the linear career path when the chance presents itself. He contends that you might just discover new routes and roles, even the dream job you didn’t know existed.
Designing for Good: Celebrating Creators Who Make Positive Change
Lucy Marino of global talent solutions firm Robert Half on how great design can drive positive social change. And why the firm is sponsoring a special Designing For Good category in GDUSA’s annual graphics awards program.
Do What You Love For A Living
Author, illustrator and entrepreneur William Warren explores the paradox that envelops the lives of many creatives, sharing his insights to help provide a tangible roadmap for emerging and established creatives alike to do what you love for a living.
Creative Managers: How To Create A Concise Hiring Timeline (And Why)
How can you make sure your hiring process is fast and effective? Lucy Marino of global talent solutions firm Robert Half, a recruiting professional with more than 20 years experience, presents eight tips to speed things up.
Shearer: Job Interview Advice For Creative Talent
Creative industry veteran Norm Shearer on seeking a job: “Good luck, stay persistent and remember that eagerness, resilience and respect usually can go farther than talent or connections when it comes to landing that big creative job.”
Article 6: Designing For Good | It’s Personal
Last winter, GDUSA introduced a ‘Designing For Good’ category as part of our annual Graphic Design Awards program. Here is the 6th in a series of articles that explore the winners, the creative challenges, and the impact.
Design Your Future: A Professional Development Plan for Creatives
Paul Flaharty of Robert Half with thoughts on how and why you should put some love and care into crafting your career path. Creating a personal plan, a roadmap for success and satisfaction, can surely be of help.
Article 5: Designing For Good | Capturing Attention
Last winter, GDUSA introduced a ‘Designing For Good’ category as part of our annual Graphic Design Awards program. Here is the 5th in a series of articles that explore the winners, the creative challenges, and the impact.
The Hottest Design Roles and How to Recruit for Them
Paul Flaharty of Robert Half discusses the hot job market and what it takes to find and retain talent. While a competitive salary is important, he says, it’s not the only factor that counts: think benefits, culture, values, growth.
7 Tips For Designing A Personal Brand
Paul Flaharty of Robert Half on the importance of developing an effective personal brand that creates a strong impression and tells prospective employers the essential things they need to know about you. In a competitive hiring market, it can make the difference.
GDUSA Podcast #8: Paul Flaharty
How is 2023 shaping up for job seekers and hiring managers? Paul Flaharty, executive director of the marketing and creative practice at global talent solutions firm Robert Half, has insights and answers in this GDUSA podcast.
Creative Talent: Go Global and Beyond!
David Fiore of Haddad & Partners on why the Star Trek USS Enterprise crew provides a role model for assembling a world-class remote, diverse and collaborative creative team.
New Year, New Job? What Creatives Need to Know
Will 2023 be a hot job market for creatives and marketers? Talent solutions expert Paul Flaharty on why the new 2023 Salary Guide from Robert Half suggests that the New Year may be a great time to explore new opportunities.
4 Salary and Hiring Trends You Need to Watch
The new 2023 Salary Guide From Robert Half is available now for creative professionals. Drawing from this, Paul Flaharty details four key trends that hiring managers should consider when crafting a recruitment strategy.
The In-house Design Dream Team
Paul Flaharty of leading talent solutions firm Robert Half – exclusive sponsor of GDUSA’s 2022 American Inhouse Design Awards – has interesting and useful observations on who and what makes a successful inhouse design team.
Embracing A Flexible Work Model That Keeps Everybody Happy
Today, there are more options for new work arrangements – but also for friction. Paul Flaharty of Robert Half on how teams can successfully develop a flexible work model.
How To Ride Industry Trends To A New Creative Role
Interesting insights from Paul Flaharty of Robert Half on key trends driving creative and marketing recruitment strategies, and how job seekers can use them to propel their career to new heights in 2022.
How To Build A Competitive Compensation Package
Building competitive compensation packages is critically important to attracting top talent. Paul Flaharty of Robert Half provides insights and advice on how to approach the challenge.
New Role With the Company? Here’s How to Ace the Transition
Paul Flaharty of Robert Half on how to ace an internal transfer, be it a move to a new department or managerial position. Paul is executive director of the marketing and creative practice at the global talent solutions firm.
Creative Talent In Short Supply. Here’s How To Find It
Diane Domeyer of Robert Half explains why, while you can’t control the red hot hiring market, you can tailor your recruitment strategy to the current landscpae and make your firm attractive to talented candidates.
U.S. Ranked Fourth For Creative Professionals
A new study of 50 countries suggests that Germany to be the best place to live as a creative professional, at least by one measure: percent of salary that remains after cost-of-living.
Unlock Your Team’s Potential With A Learning Culture
Diane Domeyer, executive director of the creative and marketing practice at Robert Half, with insights on how creative leaders can help their team thrive by embracing a culture of continuous learning.
Lara: Rethinking Purposeless Meetings
Mary Lara on why designers need to break free from the false narrative that the more meetings you have, the more productive or valuable you are.
5 Things To Consider If You’re Thinking Of A Career Change
There is new research from The Creative Group and AIGA suggesting that one in two creatives could be looking for a new job within the next 12 months. Here are several matters to consider before starting your search.
AIGA Research Dives Deep Into Value Of Design In The Marketplace
AIGA’s latest design POV installment explores the intrinsic value of design in the marketplace. The data breaks down market trends in income and career trajectories.
Retaining Your Top Creatives In Uncertain Times
At this challenging moment, Diane Domeyer of The Creative Group suggests 8 ways that companies can support top performers and keep top talent from jumping ship.
10 Tips For Success In Your Creative Career
Where do you want to be in five years? Professional advice for young graphic designers as they start their “career journey” from Diane Domeyer, Executive Director, The Creative Group.
ONE School For Black Creatives Expands To Four Markets
The One Club for Creativity is doubling the scope of its ONE School free portfolio program for Black creatives with expansion to Chicago and Atlanta; existing programs are in New York and Los Angeles.