An interview with Ugnius Mikšta, Creative Teams Lead, TRUTH (Lithuania).
What is the biggest challenge in your work today, what keeps you up at night?
The majority of people still consider advertising to be annoying, which means we as an industry still fail to do a good job more times than not. So how do we change that or how do we make this change faster?
How do you generate creative ideas? Please share a tip.
I would suggest always spending some time thinking away from the screen. It doesn’t necessarily mean staring at the wall. Going for a walk, flipping through some magazines or just drawing doodles is also a way to think. I feel that it pushes you to get inspired by more unusual things which can also lead to a more original idea.
Please recommend a book, website or podcast about marketing/advertising/creativity.
I would suggest everyone working in advertising or marketing to go and subscribe to Paddy Gilmore’s newsletter about brands and humour – www.studiogilmore.com/newsletter. I think advertising still has a difficult relationship with the use of humour. Some clients are scared to use it, and some try too hard, but a good sense of humour is still a rare thing to come by in advertising, especially here locally. Paddy talks about many questions, fears and techniques surrounding the topic while also sharing both modern and really classic examples.
Interview was conducted by Hando Sinisalu.
EXTRA INFORMATION
- Adwards creative competition win gives you points for Baltic Agency of the Year ranking! (read more about ranking)
- Winning any prize at BalticBest and become part of shortlist gives you more points for Baltic Agency of the Year ranking!
BalticBest 2023
You can find rules HERE.
Submission deadline: 09.08.2023
Shortlist published: 18.08.2023
Live judging and awards announced: 23.08.2023
