The State of Creative Operations in 2019 

The State of Creative Operations is Screendragon's second annual Creative Operations report, packed full of insights and takeaways from a survey that we conducted with over 200 creative leaders including Creative Operations Directors, Creative Services Managers/Directors and Creative Directors.

We asked creative leaders about the challenges and triumphs of Creative Operations, the day-to-day stuff – from managing creative briefs to reporting on metrics, and the burning topics in the space for 2019.

Discover some key insights in this report like:

• Nearly 60% of creative leaders reported that 'briefs missing key information' is the single biggest challenge they face with the creative brief process.
  
  
• Over a quarter of creative leaders say 10+ people are required to review assets.
  
  
• Just over half of creative leaders say they use agile principles to manage creative work.
  
  
• On average, creative resources are spending 2 days a week on non-creative work.

Here is just a sample of some comments from our respondents:

On applying agile to Creative Operations:

“It doesn’t work. It’s like using clingfilm to measure air.”

On the secret to Creative Operations success:

“3 core elements of discipline: People, Process, Technology. Keep up with the demand and drive the change – build, protect and sustain.”

As well as interesting insights like the above,The State of Creative Operations in 2019 report is full of important lessons and expert tips for creative leaders, marketing leaders and in-house agency teams.

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