Brandt Botes - The Ten Commandments of being a great creative professional.
Update: 2020-05-03
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In this episode we chat to Brandt Botes, a well-known and highly-respected designer who is the co-owner of Studio Botes with his wife, Katherine. He is also currently the Design Creative Director at OFyt in Cape Town. In this episode, he takes us through his of big advice, gathered from other creative directors like Garth Walker and Ross Chowles, as well as Design Indaba speakers Michael Beirut, Marian Bantjes, and Tim Sutherland. Ten years ago, Brandt put that advice into a stop-motion video called Going Solo, which you can watch on Vimeo. Here, for reference, is his ten-point plan to being awesome:Find clients who treat you as a partner rather than a supplierTake risks now.Talk about your client's problems, not your own work.Over-deliver.Research.Be enthusiastic.Don't work for free.Trust your intuition.Don't be a dick.Say no sometimes.Bonus point: work hard The Resource Creative Forum
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