Internal creative organizations often struggle with whether they should be charging clients and if so, at what rate. This doesn’t seem like a complex challenge, until you try to solve it! In this post I’ll touch on good reasons for implementing a chargeback model, costs that should be considered for inclusion, key considerations, and implementation [...]

Recently, I had an opportunity to speak with the manager of the creative services group at Saint-Gobain, and I think his story from the past few years can provide some encouragement to other in-house creative leaders who are continuing to experience the pressures of a down economy. What makes this group’s story so encouraging [...]

Cost management, flexibility and cutting edge expertise……one if not all of these reasons have led you to use consultants and/or temporary associates on your latest project or proposal. The Microsoft case in the 90’s drove awareness around co-employment issues. Since then, many companies have adopted practices such as term limits to help mitigate [...]

With economic pressures squeezing U.S. companies to find and eliminate every inefficiency, we are hearing more conversation around chargeback systems.
A chargeback system is a method of accounting that allows a creative executive to charge clients for the costs associated with their projects. (Opposed to the traditional method, which simply lumps the costs for all creative [...]

In talking to folks throughout the industry, I am hearing that the economy is hitting most regions, industries and companies pretty hard. In-house corporate creative shops are certainly feeling the pinch. Many creative executives are having to figure out how to “do more with less (or at least the same).” Not surprisingly, most creative shops [...]