Creatives Offscript

00:00 Welcome and Introduction
00:14 Mitch's Unique Journey into the Creative Industry
00:42 From ROTC to Creative Space: A Personal Story
03:54 The Big Break: Meeting Prince and Changing Trajectories
05:37 Working with Prince: Insights and Experiences
09:53 The Entrepreneurial Leap: Starting a Production Company
14:55 The Evolution of a Creative Career: From Entrepreneur to Intrapreneur
18:45 Inside Sibling's Creative Process: Collaboration and Innovation
21:57 The Power of In-Person Workshops and Client Engagement
35:46 Adapting Processes and Tooling for Client Success
38:52 Career Reflections and Advice

00:00 Intro
00:38 Diving into Dustin's Filmmaking Journey
03:17 The Birth of Vagrants: From Concept to Reality
10:33 Navigating the World of Original Content and Brand Collaborations
17:04 Inside the Creative Process: Balancing Directing and Entrepreneurship
19:39 A Deep Dive into Producing Content: The Rhode Island Tourism Board Project
26:01 Exploring Production Company Partnerships
26:42 The Organic Growth and Vision of Pennant and Vagrants
27:35 Specializing in Different Parts of the Funnel: A Strategic Move
31:36 The Power of Saying No and Choosing Projects Wisely
34:43 The Evolution of Production Companies and Niche Specialization
37:12 Embracing Generative AI in the Content Industry
45:10 Behind the Scenes: Producing a One-Take Robot Dog Commercial
50:27 Reflections and Future Collaborations

David Weinstein is the former VP of Production at Complex and Buzzfeed, where he oversaw production for a multitude of original content properties, and helped shepherd the media company giant through COVID and the transition to cloud based workflows.

David is now taking on his next challenge at Pro League Network, where he'll be spearheading content strategy for untapped and emerging sports verticals.

In this episode David tells us his career path into production leadership roles, and gives us an in-depth breakdown of his workflow and tools for managing a large content pipeline.

Dmitry Shamis is the Global Head of Creative for Hubspot. Dmitry started his career working in the mail room at Paradigm, and ended up as the creative leader for Hubspot, where he transformed a small service based group into an in-house agency with over 140 employees.

In this episode, Dmitry walks us through his framework for scaling creative operations at an in-house agency.

Hannah Levy has directed Saturday Night Live sketches for the likes of Billie Eilish, John Mulaney and Kim Kardashian. She is now repped by Tool of North America and has her first film in development with Paramount.

In this episode Hannah tells us the story of getting signed to direct at SNL, and takes us through their warp speed creative development and production processes that happens like clockwork every single week. She also tells us the tools and techniques she personally uses to visualize and direct her material.