Gretta Madline

Gretta Madline

Talk to people
try interesting ways to talk to people
send people things, more interesting

The Kennedys:
small group of creatives from all disciplines who live together for 8 months in Amsterdam. Intersting experience, adjustment but its an interesting experience.
No rules, all put together to create. Struggle to get to know people in the beginning. Ego stops you from creating good work, never thought about hiding things i'm doing always sharing. Hard at the being to realise people come from different backgrounds. 

Why Kennedys:
its amazing, creative accelerant life doesn't exists. Meet new people and get paid, do amazing projects that you wouldn't get the chance otherwise. Support all creative people.

Do you think being at uni gave you enough information to do your own thing:
yeah, i struggled but i think college if a good platform to do whatever you want to do. Really important to realise you have the opportunity to be serious in industry, experiment and do what you want to do.

Important to have own passions, interest and life, fine new things to look at and discover . Its more interesting when people combine skills

Progression:
roller coaster, really hard in the beginning. Had no clue where I wanted to be had a lot of ideas but didn't know what to do. Started freelancing, moved around and created the way the industry worked for her. Trust your gut feeling 'you do you'.

Important to talk to people and make friends, best things happen when you listen to that advice. Just do it, email people. You'll be surprised who responds.

How do interest effect your work:
a lot! it becomes a philosophy however don't push gold onto clients as it may not fit who the person is, but tends to slip into a lot of people, becomes infectious.

Is there a limit to persistence:
write to them like you know them, need to have an idea of what there about, then people who care will respond. BE PERSONAL

Most enjoyable project?
platform about the work in Lithuania, got the chance to meet new people. Now do podcast and challenged

If you were not designer what would you be doing:
i think id be doing anything creative, always be creating things

How do different is it working in an ad agency:
not doing any ads if they where they wouldn't be as good, come up with ideas.

Do you feel uni held you back in any way:
Uni was hard but I was quite strong so I didn't know how people would react, but because i've struggled i've learnt to fight for my ideas. Important to stand your ground, grateful as become stronger. However I wasn't encouraged enough to be creative, probably made it hard for people around me as well.

You don't have to be one thing, don't have to specialise. I like a lot of things, college was hard to try and do one thing.

Top Tips: 
Create your job:
It's all up to you, create your own way if you don't know what you want to do.

Question everyone:
people will doubt things but if you fell its right, just do it.

Be silly:
your in uni you don't have to be serious, think about the work you want to be doing and so it.
Be nice, don't be an arse and just relax a bit!! enjoy the experience, stop and be grateful.

Whatever you do make sure its golden- put 100% into everything.
Let go of your ego.

Look for personality in your projects, look for soem characteristics
No-one knows what there doing, its not just you. People pretend to know

Main Milestones to get you where you are now:
hard work, never going to get easier
Very exciting, be persistent and always to do the work
Persistence, making a decision once you've decided to do something you'll get there

what are you going to add to the skills your learning, thats what will make you different. if yo have doubt just don't think of it, emails do work sometimes but if depends how and what you write. I write how I talk to people, find your own style. If you can send something its more personal.