by Christina Melito | May 12, 2025 | Thought Leadership
At First Round NYC 2025, what struck me wasn’t how different each agency was in scale, but how remarkably aligned they were in their pursuit of clarity, originality, and strategy-led branding. From global agencies like Collins and Wolff Ollins to nimble shops like...
by alex ullrich | May 6, 2025 | Thought Leadership
If you’ve ever worked with a transactional agency, you know the drill: you send a brief, they deliver a file, and that’s that. Maybe the work checks the boxes—but it doesn’t spark anything. There’s no insight. No energy. No sense that they’re truly invested in your...
by alex ullrich | May 1, 2025 | Thought Leadership
Ask any project manager in a creative agency, and they’ll tell you: their job goes far beyond tracking timelines and managing deliverables. Yes, PMs are the glue that holds complex projects together. But they’re also the first to step in when tension arises, the...
by alex ullrich | Apr 17, 2025 | Thought Leadership
Inspiration can come from the most unlikely of places. Architecture, paintings, nature… and yes, even children’s books. As the parent of a book-loving toddler, I find myself immersed in the world of children’s literature daily. Sometimes it’s...
by alex ullrich | Apr 14, 2025 | Thought Leadership
I’m sitting at my kitchen table on a chilly Thursday afternoon, wrestling with the challenge of writing about video and animation while recovering from a family bout of Norovirus. Ms. Rachel’s voice blares from the TV, my toddler punctuates the background...
