Creative Team Calls

A while back, a Creative Team call went out through a group I run. If you are not aware of what that is, it is when a designer (or several designers) asks for people who are interested in making items for the purpose of advertising their work. The designer shares their kits with the creative team. The Creative Team then makes layouts, quickpages, brag books etc and posts them to scrap galleries...anywhere a potential customer might see them. There is a payoff for all sides involved. The designer gets their work advertised...the creative team gets pretty new kits to play with.

I love making goodies I can share with others on this blog. I always include full credits. Again, a win - win situation. Designer gets credit and advertisement, I get to play and share and the visitors to my site get something pretty to use and some ideas where to shop ;-)

So, back to the creative team call. It was for several designers opening a new store. What a great opportunity I thought. I would have new kits to work with, more goodies to share here with you all and while I expected I would also have some other requirements to fill (posting to galleries...layouts and not just quickpages, etc) I was still excited at all the fun it would be. So after a week and a bit, I finally received the creative team contract. 2 words came to mind. HOLY CRAP.

I am not going to go into details but let's just say that they require a LOT....way more than I am ever going to agree to. If they had not sent me a list of requirements, I very well could have met and exceeded all that they are looking for but to be told you have to do this much in this time frame using this amount of elements/papers and you have to post here, here and there and so on....nope, too much stress for me. I do this for fun. I do this to be able to share. It is their store, their products and I completely respect their right to have however many requirements they want or need from their creative team but it is so not for me.

That said...is there anyone out there who wants a creative team without all the nonsense???

Here is what I am wanting to do. Make quickpages. Make brag books. Make bracket books. Things that I can offer out to others to enjoy. It will be listed on my blog along with full credits and links to blogs/store...whatever the preference. I have no problem with fulfilling obligations as to how many items per kit or even what sort of items but please no time frames. Real life does happen and when my children are sick, my back is out (something that is happening a lot lately), or maybe my daughter just really really needs me to be a guest at her tea party...I don't want to have to worry that I am not going to meet my obligations that day or week.

Are there any designers out there who do not have over the top demands/requirements...who would just like some advertising?

Laura