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How to Avoid Micromanaging Your Creatives Into the Ground

Those in creative leadership must understand the dangers of micromanaging if their teams are to thrive. Creativity is delicate. Designers, writers and developers will often come up with a far better solution if given the right challenge to solve or goal to achieve, versus telling them “Do it this exact way.” That’s why we’ve prepared […]

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What Creative Collaboration Really Means in 2022

8 actionable tips and helpful tools for better creative collaboration when working remotely. Working together toward a goal and solving a problem together is the meaning behind the word collaboration. It enables trust, productivity, and even more creativity within a team when done correctly. Communication is at the core of it all because clarity is […]

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5 Ways to Get Better Design Feedback from Your Client

Your design team spends various sprints working on a large project for a prominent client, and the most important day arrives — the big unveiling. Presenting the creative work is exciting and fun (and yes, a bit anxiety-inducing). But what follows is actually the most crucial part: the client’s feedback. How do you get productive […]

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What These 15 Web Design Terms Mean – And Don’t Mean

There are few groups who use more jargon than those tackling web design. Design terminology especially causes confusion on cross-disciplinary creative teams and full-service agencies, where not everyone speaks the same language. In order to design great websites, landing pages, product UX, and other digital experiences that are as usable as they are pleasing to […]

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Creative Collaboration In A Remote World: 3 Tips To Go Async

The work from home revolution has eliminated the need for exhausting commutes, uninspiring offices, and of course, having to shower or get dressed. But what does creative collaboration look like when working remotely? Many agencies are finding an asynchronous workflow more efficient to get their projects done. And creatives have never been happier. A study […]

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Client Onboarding: 6 Ways to Create Lasting Client Relationships

Client onboarding is a double-edged sword for agencies, studios, and freelancers. While your clients supply the work and pay the bills, they also require back-and-forth email conversations and time-intensive education on your work process that ultimately distract from the best part of your job — being creative. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be this way.  […]

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Lessons from Building a Remote-First Async Team

A behind-the-scenes look at building the Punchlist team to practice what we preach: asynchronous communication and remote-first collaboration. As a “team of one” for a few years while coding Punchlist, I had plenty of time to dream about my ideal team. Which roles would we need? How would we organize our work? How would our […]

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Website Launch Checklist: 13 Actionable Steps

Any website launch is challenging. The beginning of the website building process was exciting. You felt like there you made massive progress every time you went to work on it. But it’s not like that close to the end. It feels like you’re stuck at 95% complete. The structure is there, the design looks good, […]

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5 Tips for Better Client-Designer Communication

The client-designer relationship can be a breezy ride or a teeth-grinding journey. It all depends on how prepared you are to effectively communicate with your designer. Going in blind is a normal thing for clients to do when first looking for a designer. But starting the design process with a little preparation will go a […]

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