Episódios

  • 4 Things You Should Know About
    Aug 8 2024

    Hey Creatives! I want to share 4 BIG Rock That Creative Job announcements with you! I'm taking a short podcast break for the remainder of August to prepare for some very exciting things, and I want you to know what's coming! LET'S ROCK!

    Go to rockthatcreativejob.com for more creative career resources, including my Creative Resume-in-a-Day online course, coaching packages, and workshops, or to inquire about hiring me as a speaker for your next event!

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-roberts-rtcj/
    Instagram: @rockthatcreativejob
    TikTok: @rockthatcreativejob
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RockThatCreativeJob
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    Jamie Roberts is the CEO & Founder of Rock That Creative Job™, where she provides career support to creative professionals across the globe through coaching, speaking, workshops, and her podcast. She has given talks for AIGA, RGD Canada, universities, and other creative organizations. Jamie has a 20 yr. background as a Sr. Creative Director & Designer, working and leading teams in both agency & in-house environments, where she recruited, hired, and managed every type of creative role. Her mission is to provide all creatives with the knowledge and clarity they need to confidently take control of their careers, and get paid to do what they love.

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    6 minutos
  • The Road to Freelance Business Success
    Aug 1 2024

    If you’ve been considering going solo as a creative freelancer, you won’t want to miss this episode! Join me as I chat with Julie Cortes, professional copywriter, business coach, Art Institute educator, and founder of The Freelance Exchange. We discuss how to set yourself up with realistic expectations as a freelancer, how to give yourself the appropriate success milestones, how to minimize distractions and beat the overwhelm when launching your business, how to curate your portfolio properly, AND why mindset awareness is everything when it comes to building up a successful and fulfilling creative freelance business. LET’S ROCK!

    Connect with Julie...

    Website: http://www.juliecortes.com

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/freelancerockstar/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freelancerockstar/

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FreelanceRockstar

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@freelancerockstar

    Go to rockthatcreativejob.com for more creative career resources, including my Creative Resume-in-a-Day online course, coaching packages, and workshops, or to inquire about hiring me as a speaker for your next event!

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-roberts-rtcj/
    Instagram: @rockthatcreativejob
    TikTok: @rockthatcreativejob
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RockThatCreativeJob
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    Jamie Roberts is the CEO & Founder of Rock That Creative Job™, where she provides career support to creative professionals across the globe through coaching, speaking, workshops, and her podcast. She has given talks for AIGA, RGD Canada, universities, and other creative organizations. Jamie has a 20 yr. background as a Sr. Creative Director & Designer, working and leading teams in both agency & in-house environments, where she recruited, hired, and managed every type of creative role. Her mission is to provide all creatives with the knowledge and clarity they need to confidently take control of their careers, and get paid to do what they love.

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    39 minutos
  • Boosting the Value of Your Design Work
    Jul 25 2024

    Do you wish your clients, managers, and stakeholders had a better sense of what to actually do with your creative output? In this episode I talk with designer & founder of Daydream Design firm, Maya Gray, about all the ways you can elevate the value of your creative work. Maya also shares how she doubled her revenue by helping her clients understand the true purpose of design work, and her experience going from a full-time role to working for herself. LET’S ROCK!

    Go to rockthatcreativejob.com for more creative career resources, including my Creative Resume-in-a-Day online course, coaching packages, and workshops, or to inquire about hiring me as a speaker for your next event!

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-roberts-rtcj/
    Instagram: @rockthatcreativejob
    TikTok: @rockthatcreativejob
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RockThatCreativeJob
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    Jamie Roberts is the CEO & Founder of Rock That Creative Job™, where she provides career support to creative professionals across the globe through coaching, speaking, workshops, and her podcast. She has given talks for AIGA, RGD Canada, universities, and other creative organizations. Jamie has a 20 yr. background as a Sr. Creative Director & Designer, working and leading teams in both agency & in-house environments, where she recruited, hired, and managed every type of creative role. Her mission is to provide all creatives with the knowledge and clarity they need to confidently take control of their careers, and get paid to do what they love.

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    25 minutos
  • Breaking Free from Career Exhaustion
    Jul 18 2024

    Whether you’re currently unemployed, or in a job that is just not a fit for you right now, it’s time to infuse your life with some creative joy again. If you wake up with that empty feeling, constantly wondering if you’ll ever get to the creative work you’re longing for, please join me in this uplifting episode where I talk with Sr. Designer and Creativity Coach, Renata McElvany, about shifting out of that place of despair, and regenerating the momentum that brought you into this career in the first place. Renata also shares her personal story of creative career struggle & transformation, and all the ways she now helps others reignite their own creative spark. LET’S ROCK!

    Go to rockthatcreativejob.com for more creative career resources, including my Creative Resume-in-a-Day online course, coaching packages, and workshops, or to inquire about hiring me as a speaker for your next event!

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-roberts-rtcj/
    Instagram: @rockthatcreativejob
    TikTok: @rockthatcreativejob
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RockThatCreativeJob
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    Jamie Roberts is the CEO & Founder of Rock That Creative Job™, where she provides career support to creative professionals across the globe through coaching, speaking, workshops, and her podcast. She has given talks for AIGA, RGD Canada, universities, and other creative organizations. Jamie has a 20 yr. background as a Sr. Creative Director & Designer, working and leading teams in both agency & in-house environments, where she recruited, hired, and managed every type of creative role. Her mission is to provide all creatives with the knowledge and clarity they need to confidently take control of their careers, and get paid to do what they love.

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    41 minutos
  • How to Rock Interviews with Marketers
    Jul 11 2024

    Interviewing with non-creative hiring managers can be tricky and anxiety-producing. How do you convey value and stand apart from the competition? Join me in this episode with 25yr marketing professional & creative hiring manager, Stephanie Gray, as we discuss how to effectively connect with your marketing interview audience, how to handle those stressful panel interviews, how to get unstuck if you start to freeze up, and the most important things a marketer wants to hear from you during your interview conversation. We’ll also talk about my personal experience as a candidate interviewing with Stephanie for a design role 15 years ago. LET’S ROCK!

    Go to rockthatcreativejob.com for more creative career resources, including my Creative Resume-in-a-Day online course, coaching packages, and workshops, or to inquire about hiring me as a speaker for your next event!

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-roberts-rtcj/
    Instagram: @rockthatcreativejob
    TikTok: @rockthatcreativejob
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RockThatCreativeJob
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    Jamie Roberts is the CEO & Founder of Rock That Creative Job™, where she provides career support to creative professionals across the globe through coaching, speaking, workshops, and her podcast. She has given talks for AIGA, RGD Canada, universities, and other creative organizations. Jamie has a 20 yr. background as a Sr. Creative Director & Designer, working and leading teams in both agency & in-house environments, where she recruited, hired, and managed every type of creative role. Her mission is to provide all creatives with the knowledge and clarity they need to confidently take control of their careers, and get paid to do what they love.

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    29 minutos
  • The Reality of Prolonged Job Trauma
    Jun 27 2024

    Are you feeling a little like you’ve been running on empty for too long? Or lost your momentum, creative spark, or overall vision for your creative career due to burnout, intense stress, or job toxicity? Join me in this episode where I talk with Creative Director & 30 yr. design industry veteran, Adele Mulford, as she shares her very important story about how prolonged job trauma intensely affected her health AND her creative career. Adele also talks openly about the importance of paying attention to your mental health as a creative professional, her own personal struggles with depression, plus the warning signs and what to do if you’re experiencing something similar in your own career. LET’S ROCK!

    Go to rockthatcreativejob.com for more creative career resources, including my Creative Resume-in-a-Day online course, coaching packages, and workshops, or to inquire about hiring me as a speaker for your next event!

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-roberts-rtcj/
    Instagram: @rockthatcreativejob
    TikTok: @rockthatcreativejob
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RockThatCreativeJob
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    Jamie Roberts is the CEO & Founder of Rock That Creative Job™, where she provides career support to creative professionals across the globe through coaching, speaking, workshops, and her podcast. She has given talks for AIGA, RGD Canada, universities, and other creative organizations. Jamie has a 20 yr. background as a Sr. Creative Director & Designer, working and leading teams in both agency & in-house environments, where she recruited, hired, and managed every type of creative role. Her mission is to provide all creatives with the knowledge and clarity they need to confidently take control of their careers, and get paid to do what they love.

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    38 minutos
  • Making a Solid Start in Your Design Career
    Jun 20 2024

    If you're embarking upon a career in the design industry, you won’t want to miss this episode! Join me for a lovely chat with Sr. Designer & founder of TernHeads, Sam Wells, as we discuss resources to help you kickoff a creative career, and connect with employers who are looking for your amazing talent. Sam also shares her personal experience starting out as a designer 16 years ago, and her drive to build an organization that will provide support to others who also have big creative career goals and aspirations. LET’S ROCK!

    Connect with Sam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-fairbrother-wells/
    Checkout TernHeads: https://ternheads.com/

    Go to rockthatcreativejob.com for more creative career resources, including my Creative Resume-in-a-Day online course, coaching packages, and workshops, or to inquire about hiring me as a speaker for your next event!

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-roberts-rtcj/
    Instagram: @rockthatcreativejob
    TikTok: @rockthatcreativejob
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RockThatCreativeJob

    Go to rockthatcreativejob.com for more creative career resources, including my Creative Resume-in-a-Day online course, coaching packages, and workshops, or to inquire about hiring me as a speaker for your next event!

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-roberts-rtcj/
    Instagram: @rockthatcreativejob
    TikTok: @rockthatcreativejob
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RockThatCreativeJob
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    Jamie Roberts is the CEO & Founder of Rock That Creative Job™, where she provides career support to creative professionals across the globe through coaching, speaking, workshops, and her podcast. She has given talks for AIGA, RGD Canada, universities, and other creative organizations. Jamie has a 20 yr. background as a Sr. Creative Director & Designer, working and leading teams in both agency & in-house environments, where she recruited, hired, and managed every type of creative role. Her mission is to provide all creatives with the knowledge and clarity they need to confidently take control of their careers, and get paid to do what they love.

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    38 minutos
  • Attracting the Right Clients for Freelance
    Jun 13 2024

    Are you considering starting a freelance business, but are unsure of how to get clients, or what to even charge for your work? Join me as I chat with seasoned designer and freelance business mentor, Amy Farrell, as we talk all things creative freelance! Amy shares the strategy for how to take charge of your business, attract the right clients, choose the best projects, niche down effectively, and maintain your value so you don’t end up feeling overworked and underpaid in your creative career. LET’S ROCK!

    Connect with Amy:

    Website: https://www.designingsuccess.co
    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyjfarrell

    Go to rockthatcreativejob.com for more creative career resources, including my Creative Resume-in-a-Day online course, coaching packages, and workshops, or to inquire about hiring me as a speaker for your next event!

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-roberts-rtcj/
    Instagram: @rockthatcreativejob
    TikTok: @rockthatcreativejob
    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RockThatCreativeJob
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    Jamie Roberts is the CEO & Founder of Rock That Creative Job™, where she provides career support to creative professionals across the globe through coaching, speaking, workshops, and her podcast. She has given talks for AIGA, RGD Canada, universities, and other creative organizations. Jamie has a 20 yr. background as a Sr. Creative Director & Designer, working and leading teams in both agency & in-house environments, where she recruited, hired, and managed every type of creative role. Her mission is to provide all creatives with the knowledge and clarity they need to confidently take control of their careers, and get paid to do what they love.

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    43 minutos