Check out the gallery below to learn about a handful of individuals who apply their creativity daily in the work place. Read about their accomplishments and their keys to success.
Photography by Scott Cunningham
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Arthur James, Vice president of video and interactive, Mills James Productions
Major creative accomplishment: Supporting other creative people and forming conditions under which they can be successful and develop meaningful stories. Key to success: Understanding multiple industries and their needs to tell stories in the most effective way. “We might be working with a customer in the health care industry, delivering a certain sort of story in the form of a video for a certain audience. Then, when we’re working with another organization working in the financial industry, for example, we might be able to cross-pollinate there.” Also gives credit to: His team of creative project managers and producers who help customers with their video messages.
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Tony Cochran, Cartoonist, Agnes, and owner, Tony Cochran Guitars
Major creative accomplishment: Creating a syndicated comic strip. Key to success: Speaking with the voice of a peculiar young girl without losing the adult sensibilities that come from years of experience. “Things get distilled and changed in the interpretation, so my inspiration comes from trying to look at the world through the eyes of somebody who has not gone through all those things.” Also gives credit to: His wife, Vicki, who has long supported his pursuit of a career in art.
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Nancy Kramer, Founder and chairman, Resource/Ammirati
Major creative accomplishment: Helping to create the 1999 Super Bowl ad promoting the first webcast of the Victoria’s Secret fashion show; it drove so much traffic online that, at the time, it was stated to have “crashed the Internet.” “(The campaign) is memorialized in a time capsule at MIT. It was named marketing event of the year that year.” Key to success: The Resource Employee Equity Fund, which makes each employee a shareholder and ties those shares to the company’s clients, all of which are publicly traded. Also gives credit to: The rest of the Resource/Ammirati team – everything the company does is “a team sport,” Kramer says – as well as the clients, such as Victoria’s Secret above, that contribute to the creative process.
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Gregoire Moulin, Owner, idecora Wall Décor
Major creative accomplishment: A nine-sectioned, three-dimensional print of the downtown Columbus gavel sculpture put up at the office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP. Key to success: Treating an office as an extension of the company and its workers and customizing décor accordingly. “We’re capable of much more than just putting a picture on a wall.” Also gives credit to: The designers, printers, architects, artists and other individuals who contribute to idecora’s projects.
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Rainer Ziehm, Creative partner, S77
Major creative accomplishment: Providing all the animation for the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 2012 music video for “Monarchy of Roses,” emphasizing the artistic style of Raymond Pettibon. Key to success: Creating a community where artists can have a professional voice. “Almost everyone at S77 is a true artist at heart. … I have an old adage: Artists tell their own stories, and designers tell other people’s stories.” Also gives credit to: The brilliant artists and designers at S77, who work with music, video, photography, illustration and a variety of other means of communication.
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Seth Harris, Principal, Stingray Studios Inc., and founder, Badcock Jones
Major creative accomplishment: Curating a charity surfboard auction for Surfers Healing, a foundation that teaches children with autism to surf as a form of therapy. “My greatest accomplishment is not having to work in a cubicle for the last 25 years.” Key to success: Living up to every promise made to the artists who do work for Stingray. Also gives credit to: The variety of clients and artists with whom the company has worked.
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Lisa Hinson, President, Hinson Ltd Public Relations
Major creative accomplishment: Developing an in-depth working knowledge of the community to draw upon whenever there might be an opportunity for collaboration. Key to success: Making creative partnerships that benefit every entity that’s part of them. “I’m trying to figure out a path where everybody gets what they need out of the process.” Also gives credit to: The clients and partners whose services Hinson Ltd finds ways to combine.
