Ways to make remote fun and keep your spirits high
Here at SketchDeck, we’ve been remote working for the last seven years. We’ve experienced the pains of isolation and the joys of sharing things with people on the other side of the world. We’ve replied to client emails in our slippers and been able to squeeze in childcare runs between meetings. In short, we know […]
Refer a friend, get $250 amazon gift card
We’ve just launched our Referral Program. We’re so thankful for you, our customers, and we’re excited to be able to give back! Now, when you refer a friend from another company you’ll get a $250 Amazon gift card when they place and pay for their first project. How it works. To refer someone, head to […]
What we’ve learned from 7 years of running a worldwide remote design team
Moving your entire company from working in an office to working remotely around the world could be a foolhardy endeavour. Or it could be just the bold move to help you grow and thrive. At SketchDeck we made that exact transition: we’ll tell you how it went, and what we learned. Back in the halcyon […]
This is our culture: a podcast conversation with SketchDeck CEO Chris Finneral
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African proverb Company culture goes deeper than catered meals or ping pong tables. So, how do we go about creating open, collaborative organizations? In this candid podcast interview with Chris Finneral, CEO and co-founder of SketchDeck, host Steve […]
Principles for building a distributed team
SketchDeck was built on the idea that great graphic designers live around the world, frequently not in the same place as the clients who need them. Over the last 4 years, our community has grown and created amazing work for leading brands – all remotely. At the start of 2018, we started an experiment to […]
Moving from consulting to startup
I’m working on my second tech startup now. Before that I was a Management Consultant1. Consulting teaches you many good things. Some are useful for starting a company, others are not. This article shares the lessons I learnt. I hope it helps you get to startup success faster. Scope of this article The focus […]
