Creative Operations, Marketing Workflow, Marketing Project Managment

The “Great Resignation” that began in 2020 saw a mass exodus of creative talent from traditional corporate workplaces. In the wake of the pandemic, many workers found themselves reevaluating their priorities and seeking out employers who would offer a better work-life balance, and companies began frantically searching for ways to improve employee experience.

In ever-changing marketing and creative environments, the last thing you have time for is a delay or error due to avoidable miscommunication. According to Workforce, an Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. study found that 60% of companies don't have a long-term strategy for their internal communications, and Salesforce reported that 86% of employees and executives cite lack of collaboration or ineffective communication for workplace failures.

The manner in which you approach a creative project from beginning to end is an important factor in the overall success of your project. Established workflows that are tailored to the needs of your team can help save time and resources while improving efficiency. However, keeping workflows up-to-date with current technology and ever-evolving team needs is not an easy task. For example, teams commonly struggle with outdated project management processes that lead to communication breakdowns and burnout, as well as how to handle onboarding new clients and team members with disorganized documentation. It’s essential for creative teams to continuously re-evaluate their processes to identify opportunities to improve protocols and technology. Let's take a look at 10 important tips to help teams optimize and increase the efficiency of their internal creative workflow processes.

A VPN (Virtual Private Network) has always had its place and purpose – to securely connect business networks and allow employees to connect to their network from home. And while VPNs may have their challenges, they’ve historically been manageable thanks to low traffic flows and sporadic use.

Creative Operations Management is an incredibly important element of every organization. Your creative professionals, whether in-house or contracted — as well as the tools, platforms, and workflows within which they work — are essential to any company’s success. The Creative Operations solutions applied can make or break the integrity of the Creative Operations Management of any organization.

This article originally appeared on the MediaValet blog and we think our readers will find it informative. The tremendous growth of web-based collaborative tools and file-sharing platforms has led to people wondering what exactly the difference is between these kinds of solutions. More specifically, what’s the difference between a digital asset management solution (DAM) and a tool like Microsoft SharePoint? Secondary to that: if you have one, do you need the other? With some overlapping features and capabilities, it’s understandable that there’s some confusion.