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Don’t Let AI Dull Your Creativity

Nick Ursborne

I was the copywriter, and Peter was the art director. Peter was also an incredibly talented art director. We worked together every workday for several years. Peter was different too. Quite the character. He was also a good 20 years older than me. We came from very different backgrounds. He was obsessively tidy.

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In a world of AI-generated marketing, where’s the Creative Director?

Nick Ursborne

As a budding young copywriter in the early 1980s, I worked with an art director as my partner, and our work was overseen by the agency’s creative director. Creative directors were at the top of the pile in Creative Departments. They were the best of the best, and inspired the work of everyone.

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What Happened to AI?

Freelance Union

  With 22 years as a visual designer, art director, and animator,  staying relevant is an important focus for my career. Suddenly, the future—for better or worse —had arrived. Schools banned AI, and headlines warned of  doom for copywriters and novelists. 

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

Lisa Beech joins Nelson Books as Director of Publicity; previously, she was Associate Director of Publicity at WaterBrook & Multnomah. Erin Fitzsimmons joins Sourcebooks as Senior Art Director for Fiction. Greg Stadnyk is now Art Director for Atheneum Books for Young Readers and Margaret K.

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People Round Up, Early January, 2024

Publishing Trends

Jenny Davis has been named creative director, leading the newly created illustrated design team, at the Random House Publishing Group. She will report to SVP, creative director Paolo Pepe. Rachel Ake has been promoted to associate art director at Modern Library.

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People Round Up, Mid March, 2024

Publishing Trends

Katrina Damkoehler has been promoted to associate art director at Random House Children’s Books. At Black Dog & Leventhal , Katie Benezra has been promoted to art director. Alex Merto has been promoted to senior art director at Picador. Scott Trebing has been promoted to production manager.

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People Round Up, Early April, 2024

Publishing Trends

Joining Sourcebooks on April 11 to build the imprint are two editorial staffers from Katherine Tegen Books : Ben Rosenthal , who was editorial director, and Mabel Hsu , who was executive editor. They will report to Sourcebooks editorial director Jenne Abramowitz. Julie Schrader has joined as associate art director.