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A Day in the Glamorous Life of an Art Director (Scott Thibodeaux)

Thursday, July 1st, 2010 | located in Success Stories | No Comments »

When we think of art directors and creative types, we imagine a life filled with gorgeous models, fabulous coffee, and jetsetting to exotic locations. Then we sat down with Scott Thibodeaux, who has been an art director and graphic designer for years….and he set us straight.

“I absolutely love what I do,” he told us, “but it’s incredibly stressful at times. When I’m in the middle of a big project, I have so much information coming at me. Clients are sending requests, things are changing on the fly… it’s insane.”

Scott explained that creative projects are continually in motion – budgets expand and contract, ideas are discarded and re-invented, and sometimes whole campaigns switch directions mid-stream.

Translation? Scott receives a whole lot of phone calls.

“My phone rings off the hook during a busy photo shoot or an ad campaign,” he says. “I don’t have the luxury of waiting hours or days to check my messages – which often means that I have to excuse myself from the room, check my messages, and return. It’s so annoying.”

Now that he has Ribbit Mobile, Scott gets his voicemail as text messages – no more dialing into voicemail. He can incorporate changes and requests more smoothly to keep a project moving along.

“Time is money,” Scott says, “which is why Ribbit Mobile is so valuable for people in creative services.” Hey, it may not be as exciting as gorgeous models and jetsetting, but we’ll take it.

Hear Scott tell his story: