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How The Studio became an essential place for creatives to network and learn in 2025

Creative Boom

Feeling alone and isolated as a freelancer? Your creative support network, finally If you've never heard of The Studio, here's what you're missing: it's Creative Boom's private, distraction-free sanctuary designed exclusively for creative professionals who are serious about their craft and their careers.

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How to Find Lucrative Freelance Graphic Design Jobs

Inkbot Design

How to Find Lucrative Freelance Graphic Design Jobs Are you looking to break into the world of freelance graphic design? This comprehensive guide will share my top tips and strategies for finding high-paying freelance graphic design jobs. I remember when I first started as a freelance designer. Let's dive in! from 2022.

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Is LinkedIn still a useful platform for creatives?

Creative Boom

But is it really the right platform for creative networking? At a time when platforms are rising and falling with alarming regularity, LinkedIn stands as something of an anomaly: a professional networking site that's maintained its relevance for nearly two decades. So LinkedIn is my digital networking marketplace now."

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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

The consensus from industry leaders is that to survive as a freelancer , illustrators need to double down on what makes them unique and carve out a distinctive style to set them apart. To compile this list, we consulted our community. It's a tough time to be an illustrator right now. That's easy to say, difficult to do, of course.

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What does success look like to other creatives? It's probably not what you think

Creative Boom

Because we actually did ask fellow creatives this question, using LinkedIn and our own networking platform, The Studio. I've gone freelance, started an agency, built communities, and lectured. Which is lucky, if you think about it, because the former will only numerically only a small portion of us anyway. And why do we know this?

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Cannes Lions 2025: Why it's no longer just for big creative agencies

Creative Boom

While it began as an awards festival for creative work in the 1990s, panel events, keynotes, networking, and community activations have become equally important. I met independent branding and media agency owners, freelance photographers, emerging talent and solo creatives. And it's huge.

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How creatives are surviving the 2025 slowdown

Creative Boom

While a focus on growth dominates the political rhetoric, the reality for freelancers, small studios and creative professionals tells a starkly different story. Three major production companies have gone into liquidation this year alone, while countless freelancers report their worst dry spells in years.

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