Mike Perry is the founder and CCO of TAVERN, a Brooklyn-based creative agency focusing on food, beverage, spirits, and hospitality brands.

The future of design is digital, data-driven and deeply creative. How can creative professionals and hiring managers best adapt? Some thoughts from the executive director of the creative and marketing practice at global talent solutions firm Robert Half.

Holly Tharp, Digital Arts Education Director, Full Sail University shares some top tips for up-and-coming designers. Her extensive experiences in the professional art world as well as academia make her a prime candidate to share some practical wisdom.

Dustin Black has a sobering truth to share: creative directors are not just managing creative departments anymore – they are leading organizations through a fundamental transformation.

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By Rochelle Ratkaj Moser, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Ratkaj Designs, a creative agency that brings together the power of design and the purpose