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Daniel Jester
Daniel Jester is an experienced creative production professional who has managed production teams, built and launched new studios, and produced large-scale projects. He's currently the Chief Evangelist at Creative Force but has a breadth of experience in a variety of studio environments - working in-house at brands like Amazon, Nordstrom, and Farfetch as well as commercial studios like CONVYR. Creative-minded, while able to effectively plan for and manage a complex project, he bridges the gap between spreadsheets and creative talent.
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Episode 146 - February 22, 2024
In this episode of the E-commerce Content Creation Podcast, host Daniel Jester brings a personal touch by inviting three of his students and teaching assistants from his product ...
Episode 145 - February 18, 2024
In this episode, Daniel discusses the upcoming Henry Stewart Photo Studio Operations event and highlights the theme of change in the event agenda. He explores the potential impact ...
Episode 144 - February 8, 2024
In this episode, Daniel Jester and Dan Urbano discuss their experiences teaching photography classes and the challenges they faced. They reflect on the importance of understanding ...
Episode 143 - February 1, 2024
In this conversation, Daniel and Caydie discuss the importance of finding a niche in photography and the benefits it can bring. They explore the challenges and rewards of focusing ...
Episode 142 - January 26, 2024
Back on January 3 2023, we released episode 94, predictions for 2023. In that episode I made some predictions about things that we might see happen in 2023 in the creative ...
Episode 141 - January 16, 2024
In this episode of the podcast, I’m joined by Kelly Garthwaite of Redbull Media House and we talk empathy and vulnerability in the workplace, as well as what she often looks for ...
Episode 140 - January 9, 2024
A holiday special with lots of cozy 1990's themed holiday cheer! Featuring guests Lauren Stefaniak Smith and Suzy Weber.
Episode 139 - December 9, 2023
Welcome to a new chapter in the e-commerce content creation podcast! This is our first episode as an independent podcast and for this episode we’re going to talk a little bit ...
Episode 138 - November 21, 2023
A conversation with Jennings Stout about DAM administration and post-production beyond the studio.
Episode 137 - November 7, 2023
This week Daniel is joined by Kimmy Snow, lead stylist at ShowLabs, the Denver-based commercial product studio. In this episode, we discuss the daunting task of creating a style ...
Episode 136 - October 31, 2023
About a month ago at the end of September we did an episode live at the salt lake city studio mixer, at the invitation of Rick Hayward of OC Tanner. This studio mixer started ...
Episode 135 - October 24, 2023
When it comes to studio design, I can’t think of a better person to chat with than Kevin Mason. His thoughtful approach to creating spaces for creatives and creators is ...
Episode 134 - October 10, 2023
A couple weeks ago our team at Creative Force released a new set of features focused on planning for the e-comm studio. This represents a whole new dimension of using the ...
Episode 133 - October 3, 2023
This week we recorded in front of a live audience at the Salt Lake City Studio Mixer, hosted at Pictureline in downtown Salt Lake City. Daniel talked with Jason Wheeler of ...
Episode 132 - September 26, 2023
This week Daniel is joined by co-host Caitlin Andrews and we talk a little bit about the job market for photo studios, the role nostalgia might play in art direction in creative ...
Episode 131 - September 19, 2023
Joining Daniel on the podcast this week is Jamie Forrest of Trek. Bicycles as a category is one of the more complex challenges in product photography, many cycling brands have a ...
Episode 130 - September 12, 2023
Last week we did a flashback re-release of episode 4 featuring Tony Baker. That was for good reason because Tony has been on my mind a lot recently. As I’ve been preparing for the ...
Episode 129 - September 5, 2023
This week we’re flashing back to episode 4 featuring Tony Baker. At the time we recorded this episode Tony was at Stitch Fix, we discussed his role there leading up to the COVID ...
Episode 126 - August 15, 2023
In this episode, we’re turning it around! . Caitlin Andrews, friend and colleague of host Daniel Jester at Creative Force, is the guest host for this episode. Caitlin is going to ...
Episode 125 - August 8, 2023
Just last week as of the day this episode releases, Juliana Vail was announced as managing director of Dreem.ai, a new division within Creative Force focused on new and emerging ...
Episode 124 - August 1, 2023
We’re talking all about KPIs and reporting in Creative Force for this episode of the podcast, it’s a little unusual for us to talk about Creative Force at length during an episode ...
Episode 123 - July 25, 2023
A few weeks ago Creative Force hosted an event in Seattle, and we invited creative teams and leaders from the Pacific Northwest to attend. While Linda Wallace is no longer working ...
Episode 122 - July 18, 2023
We have a special live episode this week with a very special guest. Last week Creative Force hosted Content Studios Connect in Seattle. We got together with content production ...
Episode 121 - July 11, 2023
The guest for today’s episode is Chris Fry. Chris and Daniel worked together at SDF8, one of Amazon’s large midwestern studio. Amazon employed a lot of home built scripts and ...
Episode 120 - July 4, 2023
Joining Daniel for this episode is Dan Urbano, the pair got connected through a mutual colleague Jason Donnelly at Creative Force. In their conversation they touch on the ...
Episode 119 - June 27, 2023
About a month ago in the middle of May, Creative Force CTO Tejs Rasmussen and Daniel recorded a webinar discussing what they see as 5 potential and practical applications of AI ...
Episode 118 - June 20, 2023
In this episode, we’re throwing it back to 3 past episodes, each of the guests and clips featured were recently nominated as top e-comm studio professionals in 2023. We’re going ...
Episode 117 - June 13, 2023
The guest for this episode is Emily Morris, Photo Studio Manager at Sainsburys and founder of Ecommerce Studio Training Academy, or ESTA. Emily shares a bit of her background in ...
Episode 116 - June 6, 2023
Back in episode 77 we talked to Rob Cohen of Vizio imaging about how his company came to be and how they leverage technology and automation to deliver quality product images to ...
Episode 115 - May 30, 2023
We welcome back yet again Lauren Stefaniak Smith, who recently served as chair of Photo Studio Ops for Henry Stewart’s smash hit New York event, which is crazy to say was even ...
Episode 114 - May 23, 2023
Matthew Schulert was lead photographer and one of the earliest studio team members at HauteLook, a flash sale site that Nordstrom bought in 2011. Matthew and Daniel talk about the ...
Episode 113 - May 16, 2023
At that the time this episode releases, Henry Stewarts Photo Studio Operations New York is just over a week away. Joining Daniel for this episode is the chair of the photo studio ...
Episode 112 - May 9, 2023
For two years friend and guest for this episode Terrence Haynes Jr. and Daniel worked in Amazon’s ONT8 Photo Studio, until Daniel left Amazon for Farfetch and T stayed with Amazon ...
Episode 111 - May 2, 2023
Joining Daniel on the podcast is Karen Williams of Black Visual Queen, which is both her brand and a title given her 10 years of experience as art director, producer, editor, and ...
Episode 110 - April 25, 2023
Our guest for this episode is Caitlin Andrews. Caitlin and Daniel are colleagues at Creative Force and they realized recently that we both come from similar backgrounds in the ...
Episode 109 - April 18, 2023
We’ve been thinking a lot about planning ever since the recent Creative Force webinar on editorial production. Specifically how planning differs from editorial to product ...
Episode 108 - April 11, 2023
Joining Daniel for this episode of the podcast is talented photographer and studio operations leader Joe Polifrone. In this episode the pair reminisce about working for Amazon ...
Episode 107 - April 4, 2023
Joining Daniel for this episode is Juliana Vail, longtime creative operations veteran with an emphasis on FashionTech, most recently Director of Service Development and Innovation ...
Episode 106 - March 28, 2023
It’s easy to get really hyped about new technologies, especially in creative functions, but in creative production for e-commerce, we need to make sure that we are staging focused ...
Episode 105 - March 21, 2023
Our guest on the podcast today is Franz Tschimben CEO of Covision Media, a company that produces 3D scanning devices capable of capturing pretty incredible detail to produce ...
Episode 104 - March 14, 2023
Last week we were in London for Photo Studio Operations put on by Henry Stewart. Creative Force sponsored the event and we used our speaking opportunity to record a live episode ...
Episode 103 - March 7, 2023
As of this recording it is the week after the Pixelz FLOW event in Los Angeles, and the day before Daniel heads to London for the upcoming Photo Studio Operations event by Henry ...
Episode 102 - February 28, 2023
Raphael Ruz is the Photographic Operations Manager at Hogarth Australia and imaging technologist, researching and testing emerging technologies and how they might impact or ...
Episode 101 - February 21, 2023
Creative production for e-commerce is a relatively young industry, and that means that we’re learning as we go when it comes to the growth and development of our creative and ...
Episode 100 - February 14, 2023
As we move into 2023, we’ve watched as economic uncertainty has triggered waves off layoffs. While they mostly have been hitting the tech sector, in the couple of week leading up ...
Episode 99 - February 7, 2023
We have a tendency to focus on visual content on this podcast but that isn’t the only content you need to be able to sell your products online. Copywriting is another critical ...
Episode 98 - January 30, 2023
Continuing our theme exploring near future tech in e-commerce content production, my guest today is Sergey Arkhangelskiy of Wanna. Wanna creates 3D experiences for brands that are ...
Episode 97 - January 24, 2023
Just about a year ago, Mark Milstein of vAIsual joined Daniel to discuss what he referred to as the future of image creation. He described the synthographer, some might now call a ...
Episode 96 - January 17, 2023
Daniel has been pretty vocal in his skepticism of NFTs, Crypto and by extension, the blockchain, but the guest today, David Iscove, director of technology consulting at Cella has ...
Dear Photographers, we know that you already have a lot on your plate. Thinking about KPIs is usually on the backburner compared to creativity, design, lighting, and actually ...
Episode 95 - January 10, 2023
Kicking off 2023 for the E-commerce Content Creation Podcast, our first guest of the year is David Jonkers, CEO and co-founder of Bright River. Bright River provides image editing ...
Episode 94 - January 3, 2023
Happy new year from us at the E-commerce Content Creation Podcast! Last week we had a clip show episode that focused on some near future state technology that we had the ...
Episode 93 - December 27, 2022
The last few months has brought some near future technology into the spotlight, in particular generative AI for image creation, copywriting and more. Over the last year on this ...
Episode 92 - December 20, 2022
We are in the holiday season where no matter where you go, you cannot avoid retailers letting you know what your friends and family probably want for their holiday gifts. Here on ...
Episode 91 - December 13, 2022
We’re getting into that time of year where we start reflecting on the past year. We at Creative Force have a year’s worth of product updates, feature releases, and bug fixes that ...
Episode 90 - December 6, 2022
Picture Instruments is a maker of automated imaging devices and software, everything from all in one studio solutions with automated product & lighting control, to plugins and ...
Episode 89 - November 29, 2022
Does one size fit all when it comes to our content strategy? That’s the question we posed to todays guest, Charlotte Cole, Senior Director of Content Development at Farfetch. ...
Episode 88 - November 22, 2022
In creative production there are many roles and skills that pull together to make the magic happen, and each of those team members have a perspective on how things shake out. One ...
Episode 87 - November 15, 2022
An interesting problem that many creative teams don’t think of as a problem is the static nature of the photograph. By their very nature, photographs are snapshots in time and ...
Episode 86 - November 8, 2022
Elle Mitchel and Arabela Espinoza, the duo behind Weekend Creative, have made a name for themselves as being fun to work with, producing great content for their client brands, and ...
Episode 85 - November 1, 2022
As we draw ever closer to the next big thing in e-commerce, the fog of what exactly its going to be starts to thin out a little bit. I feel comfortable saying with some amount of ...
Episode 84 - October 25, 2022
This Halloween Studio Nightmares is back for Volume 2. You’ll hear about Faye Garland working in a haunted studio, Christopher Kern and the case of the 0kb image files, Caitlin ...
Episode 83 - October 18, 2022
As an elder millennial Daniel still finds himself awestruck at the technology that we have available to us in our phones. Literally at our fingertips. As a career product ...
Episode 82 - October 11, 2022
We’ve talked a bit about change on this podcast, how could we avoid it? Change happens faster than ever and most professional adults with any amount of experience have learned to ...
Episode 81 - October 4, 2022
Adam Parker joins Daniel for this episode of the podcast, which is really sort of an extension of the discussion the pair had during the Henry Stewart Photo Studio Ops forum ...
Episode 80 - September 27, 2022
Setting goals for yourself is one thing, but making a plan to achieve those goals is another thing entirely. Like many things in life, this is a skill that needs to be developed ...
Episode 79 - September 20, 2022
The Content Crisis. Danny Effron said it really well in this episode of our podcast. When a brand makes the decision to move into a new marketing space or channel, they quickly ...
Episode 78 - September 13, 2022
Automated imaging devices have come a long way in a short period of time, both in terms of capability and the organizational understanding that these devices need to function as ...
Episode 77 - September 6, 2022
Joining Daniel for this episode of the show is Rob Cohen of Vizio Imaging. Rob comes from a background in consumer products, where he experienced first hand the challenges of ...
Episode 76 - August 30, 2022
We live in a golden age of LED technology. It's been said before on this podcast. Think back to the early years of LED lights for almost any application and you might recall that ...
Episode 75 - August 23, 2022
Kim Dirmaier of Burton Snowboards joins Daniel for this episode of the podcast and we discuss the role that location shoots with athletes plays into PDP imagery at burton and the ...
Episode 74 - August 16, 2022
Daniel is joined by Tim Dalal of Lifetime Brands. Tim is a longtime commercial photographer based in New York City. After an entire career running his own commercial studio, he ...
Episode 73 - August 9, 2022
Lauren Stefaniak of Victoria’s Secret joins Daniel for another round and this time we're talking mentorship. During our first episode with Lauren we talked about how to make a ...
Episode 72 - August 2, 2022
If you're like many people, having grown up in commercial photo studios, you may not have spent a lot of time interrogating the history of your grip equipment. But for Martin ...
Episode 71 - July 26, 2022
It’s not an uncommon idea that the tenure of a creative team member in an e-commerce studio tends to be short. 2-3 years typically. It’s easy to understand how this idea persists ...
Episode 70 - July 19, 2022
If your studio has never managed a post production vendor before, the task can seem daunting. But with a little preparation and an understanding of your own studio KPIs, you can ...
Episode 69 - July 12, 2022
Patrik Bluhme of Profoto joins Daniel for episode 69. About a year ago, Profoto went public with an IPO and as part of that process, explained what their plan for future growth ...
Episode 68 - July 5, 2022
There is an art form to asking your company for money or resources, and while business lingo changes and evolves all the time, right now that art form is called making a business ...
Episode 67 - June 28, 2022
DEI has been a topic on this podcast before, we’ve recorded 3 episodes on the topic with Jessica Lopez in episode 52, with Karen Williams in Episode 47, and way back in episode 8 ...
Episode 66 - June 21, 2022
Rhea Pappas joins Daniel to talk about the benefits and pitfalls of remote retouching. We learned some valuable lessons during COVID about how to operate remote production teams ...
Episode 65 - June 14, 2022
We talk a lot on this podcast about the current state of e-commerce product photography. In particular, the studio process, where we control everything. All or most variables are ...
Episode 64 - June 7, 2022
This is episode 64 of the e-commerce content creation podcast and Daniel is unpacking his terrible fear of changing technology with Conrad Sanderson. If there’s anyone who ...
Episode 63 - May 31, 2022
In this episode Daniel is joined by Larry Gerrard, studio leader at Gymshark. If you have a pulse and are active at all on Social Media, we're certain that you’ve heard of ...
Episode 62 - May 24, 2022
Joining Daniel for this episode is Ashley Snarski of Medline. At Medline, Ashley manages the post production teams but with a bit of a twist, as part of the e-comm content team, ...
Episode 61 - May 17, 2022
On May 4th 2022 The E-commerce Content Creation Podcast was recorded in front of a LIVE audience at Photo Studio Operations 2022 in New York City hosted by Henry Stewart Events. ...
Episode 60 - May 10, 2022
Sean Arbabi joins Daniel on the podcast to talk about the relationships and disconnects that can happen between the studio and adjacent stakeholders. Sometimes you need a "zoomed ...
Episode 59 - May 3, 2022
Project Management as a discipline isn’t exactly second nature to many studio teams around the world, but employing a bit of project management thinking can help inform studio ...
Episode 58 - April 26, 2022
This episode features an event preview with Stacey Tyrell discussing her session at the Henry Stewart Photo Studio Operations 2022. Daniel runs down some select highlights in the ...
Episode 57 - April 19, 2022
Last week our episode featured some high level discussion about automation in the studio with Marc Berenson. This week Marc is back and he brought friends! In a first for this ...
Episode 56 - April 12, 2022
We’ve talked a lot on this podcast about agility, scalability and automation. It can sometimes sound like a huge undertaking to pivot a large in-house studio towards automated ...
Episode 55 - April 5, 2022
Over the last year, we've learned a lot by doing this podcast. Discussing topics covering creation production, through all stages of the process and with key stakeholders, we've ...
Episode 54 - March 29, 2022
How much photoshop is too much? At one point does image retouching become dishonest or unethical? These questions in similar form have been around, since even well before digital ...
Episode 53 - March 22, 2022
Christopher Kern is Program Lead and Assistant Professor of Photography at CBU in Riverside, CA. Chris joins Daniel to discuss the program, the students, the studio he's built out ...
Episode 52 - March 15, 2022
Art Director Jessica Lopez joins Daniel to go deep on inclusive casting for e-commerce. The discussion ranges from the current state of inclusiveness in e-commerce media, to the ...
Episode 51 - March 8, 2022
In this episode Daniel recaps the FLOW Event at Hudson Loft in Los Angeles. Creative Force sister company Pixelz hosted the event and organized an excellent slate of speakers. ...
Episode 50 - March 1, 2022
Mark Stock of The Very Group returns for a discussion on the future of relatable content in a post-covid world. Customers that were previously hesitant to shop online have become ...
Episode 49 - February 22, 2022
User generated content probably isn't going away, certainly not after it became a critical part of a content strategy for many retailers in the pandemic era. But the current state ...
Episode 48 - February 15, 2022
Positivity is a powerful tool. Keeping a positive attitude can make or break just about any situation we might find ourselves in. This is equally as true in a photo studio as ...
Episode 47 - February 8, 2022
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in e-commerce has been a topic that we’ve wanted to explore on this podcast since almost day one. During and following the George Floyd protests ...
Episode 46 - February 1, 2022
It might seem kind of unusual to have an episode about Customer Success for our podcast, after all this is a podcast about creative production, not sales or SaaS or some of the ...
Episode 45 - January 25, 2022
Imagine a world where a creative director walks over to a workstations and says “We need a family, two parents and two kids, sitting down playing a game together.” The person at ...
Episode 44 - January 18, 2022
Kevin Mason of studio workflow is back for another round to discuss Process Improvement. We start at the beginning, how do we get the perspective we need to evaluate the process, ...
Episode 43 - January 11, 2022
Think back to 2015 and you may remember, The Dress. A viral phenomenon that taught us a lot about how we as humans perceive color. As a photographer during that time, it sort of ...
Episode 42 - January 4, 2022
Rob Regovich of Malouf Companies joins Daniel to take on the topic of planning for your studio in the face of disruption. We touch on the core challenges of planning for any ...
Episode 41 - December 28, 2021
Tejs Rasmussen, Chief Product Officer of Creative Force sits down to talk about the growth of the platform in the last year, and what 2022 may hold for the product and for the ...
Episode 40 - December 21, 2021
Feedback is a gift. It can be scary, it can be hard, but when given in good faith it helps us learn, grow, and can make us feel good about the work that we’ve done. For this ...
Episode 39 - December 14, 2021
Phillip Kirst, founder of Spice Media, joins Daniel to talk about efficiency. Everything from starting small to measuring and evaluating, to fostering process improvement from ...
Episode 38 - December 7, 2021
Creative Force senior product specialist James Lewis joins Daniel in this clip show style look back at a few topics from the past year on the podcast. We listen to and discuss ...
Episode 37 - November 30, 2021
Joining Daniel for this episode is JR Curley, VP of Brand Marketing at Fab Fit Fun. We talk about what Social Media really means to e-commerce in the new era of selling online, ...
Episode 36 - November 23, 2021
Over the last 35+ episodes of this podcast, we’ve had a handful of book recommendations come up over the course of an episode. As we approach the holiday shopping season and begin ...
Episode 35 - November 16, 2021
Mark Stocker is Senior Creative Manager for The Very Group, a collection of high volume retail brands based in Liverpool England. Mark was a speaker at the Henry Stewart Photo ...
Episode 34 - November 9, 2021
Kevin Mason has been in photography for a long time working for organizations like Amazon, TopShop TopMan, and most recently consulting in creative production with his company ...
Episode 33 - November 2, 2021
Rick Allen of Hogarth Australia joins the show to talk about the current biggest segment of computational assets in use today, the 360 spin, and we explore some other things the ...
Episode 32 - October 26, 2021
This upcoming weekend is Halloween here in the United States, and while some of our listeners won’t celebrate by going door to door with their kids asking for candy, we thought ...
Episode 31 - October 19, 2021
Doug Wallstrom of Vera Bradley joins Daniel in this episode to share some stories that highlight the unique ability of the in-house editorial team to overcome the unexpected and ...
Episode 30 - October 12, 2021
In this episode Daniel discusses some take-aways and ideas following the Henry Stewart Photo Studio Ops Forum event that took place on October 5, 2021.
Episode 29 - October 5, 2021
Danny Rickard of Cella pulls from his experience in video production to discuss video strategy with Chief Moneybags of Brand X. In past episode of this podcast we've discussed ...
Episode 28 - September 28, 2021
In this "Deep Cuts" episode of the E-commerce Content Creation Podcast, we're rounding up all of the past guests of this show who will be speaking at the upcoming Henry Stewart ...
Episode 27 - September 21, 2021
This week Daniel is joined by Todd Schweikert, VP of Studio Production for Rue Gilt Groupe to discuss metrics and how to use them to support your team in day to day operations. ...
Episode 26 - September 14, 2021
David Iscove, Creative Technology Practice Lead at Cella, joins Daniel to take a high level look at how editorial content production fits into the marketing landscape. From our ...
Episode 25 - September 7, 2021
Return guest Clair Carter-Ginn joins Daniel to have an open ended conversation about content strategy in 2021 and beyond. In a post-pandemic world, after many organizations were ...
Episode 24 - August 31, 2021
In this episode Daniel talks with Scott Willson of Patagonia about the unique difference of an e-comm studio when compared to an Editorial production. In an e-comm studio, it's ...
Episode 23 - August 23, 2021
I, Daniel Jester, in my position as Chief Moneybags of Brand X, have retained Shanna Ferris and Benjamin Grimes to consult with me and my company in order to build video ...
Episode 22 - August 17, 2021
In this episode of the show, Heather Johnson of Rent the Runway breaks down her approach to elevating the creative for Rent the Runway. They wanted to help their customers ...
Episode 21 - August 10, 2021
Adam Parkers returns to talk about reporting for your production studio. Adam is the author of KPIs, Reporting, and Dashboards for E-commerce Photo Studios found at ...
Episode 20 - August 3, 2021
In part two of Daniel's conversation with Lindsey, we shift topics to sustainability in the studio. What is Trove doing day to day in the studio to support the overall company ...
Episode 19 - July 27, 2021
For part one of this conversation with Lindsey di Ruscio of Trove, we talk about Trove's mission of keeping goods out of landfills and how that impacts creative production in for ...
Episode 18 - July 22, 2021
In this bonus episode, we have part two of Daniel's conversation with Thomas Kragelund and Tejs Rasmussen. In part two we get deeper into Creative Force, and what Thomas and Tejs ...
Episode 18 - July 20, 2021
In this episode Daniel is joined by Thomas Kragelund and Tejs Rasmussen to talk about the background and history of Creative Force. Before founding Creative Force, Thomas and Tejs ...
Episode 17 - July 13, 2021
Joining Daniel for this episode is Tracie Smith of Zumiez to discuss ways to build cross-functional relationships between the studio and other departments. As content creation ...
Episode 16 - July 6, 2021
Rob DiCaterino joins Daniel to discuss the challenges of post-production at scale and how to demystify the process for key stakeholders in your organization.
Episode 15 - June 29, 2021
Curren Calhoun joins Daniel for this episode of The E-commerce Content Creation Podcast and we discuss his approach to identifying, implementing and supporting new and existing ...
Episode 14 - June 22, 2021
Joining Daniel for this episode is Shanna Ferris, video production specialist and new member of the Creative Force team. We touch on some best practices for developing video ...
Episode 13 - June 15, 2021
Ali McLeod of Saks Fifth Avenue joins Daniel to talk about trust, transparency, and professional fluency and their roles in your relationship with your creative teams. We discuss ...
A stylist hired two months earlier struggles on set because he knows that, several weeks into his new gig, he's still not doing his best work. His workplace experience has quickly ...
Episode 12 - June 8, 2021
Colleen Devanie of REI joins Daniel to talk about agility and adaptability when complex processes are made even more difficult by business interruptions. We learn how to essential ...
Episode 11 - June 1, 2021
Lindsay More Nisbett of The Line Studios joins Daniel on this week's episode to discuss how to plan for and successfully deliver versatile content that can serve many needs across ...
Episode 10 - May 25, 2021
Carrie Crow of Hello Fresh joins Daniel to talk about some things she learned when Hello Fresh was acquiring brands and rapidly expanding, along with their content needs. We ...
Episode 9 - May 18, 2021
Joining Daniel on the show this week is Terence Mahone of Farfetch. When Terence took on his role at Farfetch, the directive was simple: Go out and create a culture of continuous ...
Episode 8 - May 11, 2021
This week Clair Carter-Ginn of Forecast Agency joins Daniel to discuss the post-pandemic era of e-commerce content, what that means for casting, and the efforts to expand ...
Episode 7 - May 4, 2021
Joining Daniel this week on The E-commerce Content Creation Podcast, Dallas based producer and founder of The Producers Agent, Kaylah Key. We discuss effective and sincere ...
Episode 6 - April 27, 2021
Jen Bakija joins Daniel to discuss how to advocate for your creative team in a challenging environment. Jen has built warehouse based studios from the ground up, and staffed them ...
Episode 5 - April 20, 2021
Jason Hamilton of Bed Bath and Beyond joins Daniel to discuss what the future of e-commerce content could look like. We discuss the early days of product rendering, its evolution, ...
Episode 4 - April 13, 2021
Tony Baker, Director of Product Imaging at Stitch Fix joins Daniel in this episode of The Ecommerce Content Creation Podcast. We discuss his short tenure with Stitch Fix before ...
Episode 3 - April 8, 2021
Daniel is joined by veteran art director turned relationship advisor Linda Wallace to discuss managing relationships between creatives, particularly when faced with rapidly ...
Episode 2 - April 7, 2021
Brian Guidry of Pixelz talks with Daniel and shares some tips about how to think about and set up lasting relationships with outsource vendors and why you should care about how ...
Episode 1 - April 2, 2021
Adam Parker joins host Daniel Jester to talk about creating effective KPIs for your commercial production studio. We get into do and don'ts, deriving actionable goals from vague ...
Most ideas presented here at Creative Operations are easily implementable, but the tasks are much, much easier when your team is on board with them. Remember that when you're ...
In trying to determine the root causes for problems in the studio the key is to test something and if it fails, find out quickly so you can try something else. There aren’t a lot ...
Let's cover a few techniques that can help you evaluate your own process, and hopefully help you learn something about your studio and continuously improve it.
Businesses all over the world have been profoundly impacted by COVID-19, experiencing major disruptions in every aspect of their operations. Creative operations in particular will ...