‘It’s not about awards or glory, but creating work that will get people to stop and think’

Mike Densmore, New York CEO, global creative collective Forsman & Bodenfors is present across seven offices around the world, all focusing on the quality of communication.

Michael Lebowitz: “We are a funny hybrid animal”

Michael Lebowitz, Founder & CEO of Big Spaceship. He described the changes experienced by the agency since its beginnings while looking at its future.

A Small Town on a Global Scale: a mindset to avoid digital sameness

Skellefteå, Sep 24th, 2019

While working with music videos, Mia Berggren met a couple of guys that made really cool stuff, and was amazed by the power of storytelling when you use tech and design. Since then, she has been a key element of North Kingdom. On this interview, we learn more on how they stay curious and creative, with clients and end users playing together to create the best products.

“We don’t do boring and teamwork help us solve that”

Amsterdam, May 29th, 2019

With an international team with best-in-class specialists, Wonderland has been launching, positioning and elevating brands across the globe. In an interview with TIA, Martijn van der Does describes the agency’s creative culture, how it is maintained and the featured aspects someone should have to join them.

‘It’s all about building beautiful E-commerce experiences’

Amsterdam, 26th Apr, 2019

As the number one Shopify partner in the Netherlands, Ask Phill specializes in building e-commerce experiences, working with a variety of customers throughout Europe. We talked to Co-Founder Martijn Wijsmuller, who shared the agency’s creative process and the current challenges they are facing.

‘We grow businesses with creativity, engineering, and magic’

Chris Sanborn, Founder, started his company from his studio flat when he was 27 year-old. Today, Sanborn is an independent digital agency based in New York City and Los Angeles.

“Sourcing talent quickly is critical to our success”

Los Angeles, Feb 27th, 2019

Ran Craycraft started his journey studying Digital Design at the University of Cincinnati and after that, he got his Masters in Communications. “When I founded Wildebeest in 2014, I quickly had to learn about Operations and Human Resources. It is most fascinating and rewarding,” explains Ran when asked what is needed to hire the right talent.

“Creative work involves innovation and risk-taking”

Poznań, Dec 26th, 2018

Kreatik Content Manager, Marta Rzymkowska looks into the agency’s creativity culture and the steps taken to maintain it. At the same time, she gives details on the hiring process and the features someone should have to become a team member of Kreatik. Communication, Agency culture and the importance of learning constantly are other topics addressed.

Isobar, thinking big at a personal level

Amsterdam, Dec 13th, 2018

Global agency Isobar, has the mission of transform businesses, brands and people’s lives with the creative use of digital. Massimo Meijer works as a Design Director but started his career as a motion design intern and later on move into advertising. Recently, Massimo move back to the Netherlands where he is at Isobar Amsterdam and we interviewed him to know more about what it takes to hire the right talent.

It’s all about solving problems with design, technology and people

New York, Mar 15th, 2018

With offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Mountain View and Austin, Beyond is a design and technology ideas company. Since 2011, Matt Basford is the General Manager in New York’s office. Matt describes what it means to be a leader, shares his insights on talent creation and explains how to manage the agency’s culture.

“We look for teamwork and communication”

Zagreb, Jan 24th, 2018

With offices in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia, Degordian, a design and technology agency, is considered one of the best places to work. On this interview, Ana Ćuro Rukavina, Human Resources Manager at the agency, highlights the importance of following core values and applying them on a daily basis as well as some of the key questions for a work interview.

In throes of change, industry met at Advertising Week

Marketers and advertising types gathered in New York for the annual industry event known as Advertising Week, aiming to provide insights to an industry grappling with significant changes in technology, culture and consumer habits.

“We are a team hungry to learn and improve ourselves”

Singapore, Sep 15th, 2017

Sport marketing and management was Jeffrey Lim’s initial focus of work, helping big organizations on their messages. NGO’s followed, taking charge of new media and marketing. Nevertheless, it all changed when taking over the role of General Manager at Carbon Interactive, an award-winning digital and creative agency. With a talented team, the agency develops websites and apps and creates compelling content.

How the discovery process is key to help a brand evolve over time

Brooklyn, May 31st, 2017

Untitled Era is a Brooklyn-based boutique creative digital agency founded in 2013 on three principles: Hustle, Create and Do it better. Balance form with…

Mixing work with pleasure in the search for creativity

Barcelona, March 21th, 2017 If you sit Murcia in Spain, you will hear the word acho! at least 100 times a day. It’s meaning? An abbreviation of ‘Muchachos’, an equivalent […]

How to aim for the stars, from Ukraine, with love

Dnipro, February 24th, 2017 When Evgeniy Altynpara finished his Computer Science Masters degree in 2010, he had big dreams. He wanted to put its passion for sustainable development and technological […]

How to have an ‘anything-can-be-done’ attitude and do anything!

New York, February 3rd, 2017

Chris Sullivan and Guy Pieres founded Kworq at the end of November 2011. They had known each other for almost a decade and, after finding they shared solid work ethics and a ‘anything-can-be-done’ attitude

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, Itsavirus, reinventing digital!

Amsterdam, January 20th, 2017 Amsterdam based Itsavirus, is a strategic digital agency that, according to its founder Jochem Verheul, was able to make the best of a tricky situation. Itsavirus […]

Granyon: pursuing the perfect team for the right digital experience

Mikkel Noe Westh, CEO Granyon is an Insight-led digital agency centered on critical and creative thinking from Copenhagen.

Dan Gardner: “Our strong understanding of content development, distribution, and consumption is a significant differentiator”

Dan Gardner, Founder and CEO, Code and Theory is an independently-owned and creatively-led agency from New York.

Riding the creative storm with Ruckus

New York, October 4th, 2016 New York-based digital agency Ruckus includes ‘positive turbulence’ on its customers’ journey forecast. Self defined as a growth partner that cares about new customers, new […]

Building a culture of Content Marketing

Downers Grove, September 29th, 2016 With more than 25 years of experience in sales and marketing, Brad Shorr is Director of Content Strategy at Straight North, an Internet marketing company […]

“The brief is really the foundation of the project”

New York, August 3rd, 2016 You might think that with all the tools available in the market today, designing a nice website wouldn’t be too difficult. That could probably be […]

Doug Logan: “We treat clients more like partners”

New York, September 7, 2015 Inovāt, a small and mighty agency from New York, was born 13 years ago and nowadays they do everything brands need, working with web design, […]

NATIVE VML appointed as lead agency for Absolut Vodka SA

Johannesburg, August 18, 2015. After three years of working with Absolut Vodka SA, NATIVE VML has expanded its role from a niche digital supplier to the brand’s lead agency. “From […]

Agile for agencies, is there such a thing?

Johannesburg, June 17, 2015. By Danelle Stiles, Operations Director NATIVE VML For the past year or so I have been asking myself this question: Agile for agencies, is there such […]

Marko Cvijetić: “Digital design must follow the basic principles sealed in human nature”

Marko defines his style as eclectic, maybe because of his different interests and hobbies. He enjoys producing music and listening to hip-hop and electronic music. He’s interested in urban style and culture the same way he’s passionate about digital design.

Blue Fountain Media announces launch of website for John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York, February 26, 2015. New look for website features improved user pathways, compelling stories of student life, and dynamic social feeds A team of experts from New York based […]

What’s your (brand) story?

Shanghai, China, November, 10,2014. Written By Nabil Ibrahim, Edited by Edgar Salmeron, Neat Interactive. Content Marketing is only good as the story being told. Brand stories are not merely fillers […]