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So you want a job in a creative field. Who better to ask for advice than the people who have reached the top echelons of their respective industries? advertisement advertisement A dozen leaders at a variety of agencies shared their best stories from the career trenches, and their advice pretty much boils down to this: If you really want the job, forget the standard resume-and-LinkedIn route and get, well, creative about it. “Invent or design something fucking remarkable,” says Pete Favat, chief creative officer of Deutsch, the ad agency that made this year’s Mophie Super Bowl ad. “It’s about getting out and inventing and doing something. Start making immediately,” added his colleague Winston Binch, chief digital officer at Deutsch. To one extent or another, everyone who participated echoed that sentiment: It’s about making good stuff. But then what? Below, we’ve compiled tips from top agency executives and recruiters for how to … [Read more...] about Crazy Ways Top Creative Pros Landed Their Dream Jobs

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard admitted the club will be on the lookout for new faces in the January window after a FIFA-imposed transfer ban was reduced on appeal by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Friday. The ban, imposed following violations in the recruitment of minors, was reduced from two transfer windows to one, which Chelsea already served in the summer.A fine was also reduced from 600,000 Swiss francs ($607,000; ?462,000) to half that amount by the Lausanne-based court.Close Lampard insisted he had not yet had any conversations with Chelsea's board about transfer plans, but will start them now in earnest. related news EPL: Tottenham Hotspur must fix leaky defence and stop cheap goals says Mourinho EPL: Watford name Pearson as head coach until end of season EPL: Manchester City flex financial muscle to leave neighbours United lagging behind "It's a positive outcome for us. It allows us the potential to look at the market going forward," Lampard said at a … [Read more...] about EPL: Chelsea set to look for new signings in January after transfer ban cut

Invisible Children, the nonprofit behind the Kony 2012 film–often called the most viral video of all time–is slowly shutting down its operations. First, the U.S. office will close, leaving just a handful of remote workers behind to work on advocacy. Then, within 12 to 18 months, Invisible Children will hand off its work on the ground in East Africa to partner organizations. advertisement advertisement The shutdown isn’t just about cofounder Jason Russell’s much publicized 2012 naked meltdown in the wake of the film’s viral success, though that certainly didn’t help the nonprofit’s fundraising after the huge infusion of money that followed the video. Invisible Children–which was founded to end the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), an armed group of child soldiers in Uganda led by a mysterious, brutal leader, Joseph Kony–has spent most of the money it raised and is finding it hard to raise more, but that may not be the … [Read more...] about Invisible Children, The Group Behind Kony 2012, Is Shutting Down