{"id":3056,"date":"2020-05-06T09:59:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T05:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/?p=3056"},"modified":"2020-07-24T15:19:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T11:19:04","slug":"creatively-helps-designers-showcase-their-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techxmedia.com\/en\/creatively-helps-designers-showcase-their-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Creatively helps designers showcase their work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Creatively\u00a0was supposed to launch this summer, according to CEO Greg Gittrich. And then COVID-19 happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe made the decision to fast-track the launch when the pandemic hit, because we felt like launching as a beta would really help the creative community,\u201d Gittrich told me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The startup was founded by Stacey Bendet and Joe Indriolo, who also serves as chief product officer. Indriolo told me that Creatively <\/strong><\/a> was designed to address a problem that Bendet had as founder and CEO of designer clothing company Alice + Olivia <\/a>\u2014 finding the best freelance creative talent to work with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFinding creatives is really, really difficult,\u201d he said. \u201cAt the same time, showcasing your work is also really difficult as a creative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And those problems are likely to get worse as social distancing forces more creative work and collaboration to happen remotely, and as a troubled economy means that more artists, designers, architects, filmmakers and other creative types are looking for work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are places where artists can post their work, but Indriolo argued that none of them allow the creative to control the presentation in the same way \u2014 not unless they\u2019re building their own website.\"Creatively<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image Credits:<\/strong> Creatively<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So Creatively says it\u2019s designed to showcase photography<\/a>, film, fashion design, branding, illustration, animation, CGI, app and web design, product development, interiors and architecture and emerging technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative talent can upload their portfolio and arrange it as they choose. They can divide the work into different albums, and even nest albums within other albums in creative ways. (Indriolo showed me an architect\u2019s album that allowed visitors to navigate their work by drilling down into specific regions and locations.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artists can also annotate the images and videos to explain their work, as well as listing their past jobs and their specific skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brands and other potential employers can post job listings, which then get tagged with the artist who\u2019s hired for the job, which in turn builds the artist\u2019s r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and portfolio. Brands can also search the site based on the skills they\u2019re looking for, or based on who\u2019s done work for another company that they admire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The platform allows users to follow each other, but Indriolo said there\u2019s an equal emphasis creating connections based on the work you\u2019ve done and your past collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe believe it\u2019s a social platform, and that creatives will connect with one another \u2026 and find opportunities in a world that\u2019s increasingly remote and global,\u201d Gittrich added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get started, Creatively is working with schools like Parsons, Pratt, the Savannah College of Art and Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology to help their new graduates find work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The platform is free for both businesses and individual creatives; the plan is to eventually start charging businesses to post jobs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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