Welcome to a creative mind: I’m Justice Mitchell, a Creative Director and marketing specialist passionate about sharing insights into education, marketing, and design to inspire and empower. Through these articles, I aim to educate, inform, and spark ideas that help others grow their skills and understanding. This blog also serves as my portfolio, showcasing my work and approach. I invite you to connect with me here or through my social media channels. I look forward to actively listening to you and continuing our conversations!

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Suffering Staff "How to" For Surviving Agency Toxicity (Part Two)

Is your creative team feeling the strain? Are tensions high, and the office atmosphere less than inspiring? It's not uncommon, but it's crucial to address these issues head-on to keep your team motivated and productive. Here are some quick, effective tactics to help improve your team's culture and morale, ensuring everyone feels valued and appreciated.

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The Bushido Code For Modern Professional Leadership

I’m a practicing martial artist with an array of styles, studies, and training – if I have a religion it would be the cumulative makeup of the positive guiding principles that I’ve found in training, peer discussion and mentoring, and forever being a humble student. The most prevalent among them is The Bushido Code.

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Gauging An Agencies Toxicity Level Before You Take The Job (Part One)

I’ve been freelancing for years. In fact, in the nature of what I do, I’m often called upon to white-label services and act on behalf of an agency. That means I’ve seen “behind the curtain” A LOT! Let’s be fair; all businesses no matter the size, have their shortcomings and issues — the degree and severity, of course, is what this article’s all about.

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Breaking Into The Brand Embassy

If you hang out on the Internet long enough, you accrue friends from all over the globe. Some of them you end up meeting sooner or later at a conference, which is nice because it’s always good to have one more person you can hit up for a quick iPhone charge. Then there are others you may never meet face-to-face.

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SONY PRO - My Eyes Have Seen The Glory!

I’ve been running my big ol’ yapper at a lot of conferences and conventions in the past few years.

Speaking about social media and integrated marketing suits me well. I’m passionate about both topics, and my animated rants are just what event organizers need to keep people awake during that slot after the box lunch and before the mid-afternoon peanut butter cookies are served.

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Non-linear Routes of Contemporary Campaigns

WARNING! - If you don't live in the haus of marketing I'd respectfully advise you skip this post because it will bore you to tears. Ahhhh, guilt free. Remember that thing you keep talking about in meetings but you never do? No – I’m not talking about doing more cardio. Although that’s not a bad idea.
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Learning From History: 20 Years Of Mistakes

There's no chronological order to the countless mistakes that I've made over the last twenty years, nor I'm sure the same will be said for the next twenty years. Many of you will look at this list and laugh and think "what a fool." Others of you know that this industry, having been building site since 1994, had no rules, no manuals, no "best practice," just a lot of us 'winging it' and hoping we would make something great.
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