Creative Strategy and the Business of Design

The creative professional's guide to integrating strategy into design execution professions that utilize creativity, technology and design have shifted from a purely idea-centric field to one that has to provide creative business solutions. Marketers (clients) now hold agencies or firms accountable for their creative ideas and as a result success is measured in conversions and roi. This book will give you the tools to provide value when design conversations veer off into marketing territory. Designers also get a framework for identifying and organizing each projects essential elements and articulating strategy within your creative presentations. This book also teaches how to recognize what marketers are asking for and gain confidence in your ability to advise them with your creative executions.