Running a Creative Studio | Ben Moffat

Benjamin (Ben) Moffat is a Partner and CEO at Gantry, a Salt Lake City agency filled with talented designers, directors, animators, and producers. His expertise spans media production, finance, and business development. Previously, he served as the Director of Business Development at Vérité and as a Finance Broker at Citywide.

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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

  • The nuances of working in an office and remote

  • Recruiting and supporting creative talent

  • Creating powerful metaphors for visual ideas

  • How to lead and manage a creative team

  • The need for a personal voice

  • Managing commercial and creative priorities for agencies

In this episode…

Running an agency is a dream for many creative professionals. If done correctly, you can guide a team to craft incredible projects that would be impossible to achieve otherwise. The reality is challenging, with many obstacles to overcome before creating a masterpiece becomes achievable. So, what does it mean to lead an agency successfully?

In this episode of the Pixel Retentive Podcast, Carl Cleanthes and Ross Ciuppa are joined by Benjamin Moffat, the CEO and Partner at Gantry, to discuss the concepts and strategies of running a creative agency.

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