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To all those CDs, Recruiters, and Teachers Working Out Childhood Issues on Students and Juniors.

by Luke Sullivan | Apr 3, 2016 | Advertising, Commentary, Education, General Crankiness

Upfront, I need to make clear, this isn’t about most CDs and recruiters. It’s about that minority who, for some sad weird reason, take a sort of pleasure in belittling young ad people and enjoy making students feel bad about themselves and their work. I wouldn’t be...

Here’s the most important thing I try to teach my ad students.

by Luke Sullivan | Jun 8, 2015 | Advertising, Creativity, Education, General Crankiness

I’ve been the chair of the ad department here at SCAD for just over three years now, and I’m all totes cray about teaching. (Totes cray – see how hip you get hangin’ with the college crowd?) Over these last few years I’ve had the privilege of leading a million...

Tom Lichtenheld’s drawing of the Focus Group inside my Brain.

by Luke Sullivan | May 18, 2015 | General Crankiness

Tom Lichtenheld used to be one of the world’s best art directors and now he is one of the world’s best children’s books authors. (Don’t take my word for it. Look him up. His latest has been on the NYTimes bestseller list for, like, 80 years...

How Not To Suck as a Creative Director.

by Luke Sullivan | Nov 10, 2014 | Advertising, Creativity, General Crankiness

I think it’s a shame that so many people, when they become creative directors, forget what it was like being a creative. Most of them seem to forget what it was they themselves most needed, back when they were a workin’ creative. They forget what it was like. They...

Instead of a thoughtful essay, this week my dumb cartoon titled “Bacteria takes selfie in microscope.”

by Luke Sullivan | Sep 22, 2014 | General Crankiness

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Richmond 1985: Life at a Small Agency and a Really Small Agency.

by Luke Sullivan | Aug 25, 2014 | Advertising, Creativity, General Crankiness

In 1983 – for you English Lit majors, 30 years ago – I joined the creative department of a small agency in Richmond as hire #10 or so. I went on to work at medium-sized and large agencies, but my time at the Martin Agency I remember with particular fondness. For...