I used to work “for” this guy; the sad realities of your talent-less boss

The Denver Egotist recently responded to a young designer seeking advice on his “Creative” Director. The response was ten sad realities of a creative director. I am sure many of you will agree that this rings true for your current and/or past experiences. The article is hilarious – I couldn’t stop laughing as with each point outlined they nailed people in my past perfectly.

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I have been in a Creative Director role and would like to think none of the negatives apply; I guess only my team will tell. There is time in every designers life when they need to make the decision to move into management or stay a designer – those that move-on go on to lead great things, those that stay behind go-on to actually create great things. However, there is that strange situation where someone who is neither talented as a designer nor experienced as a manager gets placed into a Creative Director role. When the universe is just on the verge of collapsing upon itself do you get this wanna-be artist who manages through force and changes all things creative simply as a result of a need to prove themselves as a creative and an authority; at the expense of us all and our work.