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Organizations See the Value Creatives and Designers Bring to Business Results Finds Survey by InSource and inMotionNow

3rd Annual In-House Creative Management Report Finds Two-Thirds of Respondents Taking on New Business Responsibilities Beyond the Traditional Creative Role


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Feb 13, 2020, 08:10 ET

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RALEIGH, N.C., Feb. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- InSource and inMotionNow are excited to announce the publication of the 2020 In-House Creative Management Report, now in its third year, which surveyed more than 600 creative and marketing professionals across various industries. The survey revealed key themes such as the importance of creative work to meeting business objectives and that the role of creatives within the organization is expanding to include more responsibilities.

"When we first partnered with InSource to produce the report, we set out with the objective to determine what in-house creative teams looked like and the impact their work was having on their organization," said inMotionNow CEO Ben Hartmere. "As we reviewed the data and published this year's report, I could not be more excited about the trajectory of in-house creative teams and how they have evolved to become more strategic partners to the business."

This greater appreciation for creativity and design is being parlayed into more strategic business duties for creative workers. Two-thirds of respondents said they are being tasked with new responsibilities across company culture, marketing strategy, analytics, customer experience, and more.

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The survey revealed that 89% of respondents think creative work is important to meeting business objectives. Similarly, 87% said their organization is giving them the same or more credit for the business results their work delivers for the organization. This greater appreciation for creativity and design is being parlayed into more strategic business duties for creative workers. Two-thirds of respondents said they are being tasked with new responsibilities across company culture, marketing strategy, analytics, customer experience, and even mediation for other teams in the business.

As Andy Brenits, president of InSource highlighted in his introduction to the report: "In the three years since we began publishing the In-House Creative Management Report, we have seen business leaders increasingly understand the value of the creative team not just for their design work, but also for their talent as creative problem solvers."

Some of the report's key takeaways include:

1) Creative work influences the entire customer journey

When asked specifically how creative helps meet business objectives, creatives pointed to several measurements throughout the customer's journey:

  • Brand recognition (56%)
  • Engagement metrics (51%)
  • Lead generation (31%)
  • Return on investment (31%)

2) Top challenges facing creatives

Respondents identified several challenges as the most significant facing creatives and designers: the speed at which creative teams are expected to work (77%); the volume of work (72%); being seen as a strategic contributor (63%); and the increased variety of digital channels that require creative projects (55%).

"There is an old adage that you can choose quality, speed or cost, but not all three. Sometimes two, but never all three," said Adam Morgan, who is an executive creative director for Adobe and one of six contributors to the report. "So, we say the most important thing is quality creative, but then we measure on speed and efficiency."

3) Benchmarks for creative efficiency

The review and approval process for creative work has traditionally been one of the biggest barriers to efficiency, but this year's survey revealed progress: 83% of respondents said creative projects are approved within five or fewer rounds of review, which is an improvement from 77% last year. Additionally, 78% of projects are approved within a week, up from 65% the year before. However, 47% of creatives still spend about one full day per week on administrative duties, which is flat from our 2019 survey data (48%).

"A big challenge that creative teams have is that they are being asked to do so much, often without stopping to think through what success looks like for any given project," wrote Ilise Benun in the report. Ms. Benun is a speaker, author and business coach for creative professionals at Marketing Mentor. "That's a huge problem. If we're going to change that and give creative teams time to think about how to make a project successful for the business and do the best job, that change has to come from the top."

inMotionNow, a leading provider of creative workflow management solutions, has partnered with InSource, a professional association for in-house creatives, to furnish this survey for three consecutive years. The 2020 results are based on a survey of more than 600 creatives and marketers. More than 70% of respondents identified as in-house professionals and about half (49%) report holding leadership roles. Respondents hail from a wide distribution of organizations as measured by the size of their team, the number of stakeholders they support, and by company revenue.

The full report is available for download here: 2020 In-House Creative Management Report.

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About inMotionNow, Inc.
inMotionNow is a leading provider of workflow management solutions for marketing and creative teams, facilitating efficiency and productivity from project kickoff to final approval. inMotion ignite, the company's flagship SaaS product, simplifies every phase of the creative production process, delivering measurable value to enterprise clients. The application allows project stakeholders to manage, track, and collaboratively review their projects in a centralized online environment that connects designers directly to Adobe with the inMotion Extension for Adobe Creative Cloud. With a user-friendly interface and dedicated customer success team, inMotionNow helps creative and marketing teams of every variety automate their workflow and do the work they love. For more information please visit http://www.inmotionnow.com.

About InSource
InSource is a non-profit professional trade association with a mission to provide resources, support, professional development, and advocacy for those in creative leadership positions within corporate in-house creative departments. With over 8,000 members in the U.S. and across the world, InSource is the largest network of in-house creative leaders anywhere. Since 2002, InSource has leveraged the shared experiences and perspectives of in-house leaders – through events, books, and content – to help creatives manage their creative departments, and careers, to be the best that they can be. For more information please visit http://www.in-source.org.

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for inMotionNow
202-352-5920
[email protected]

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Top challenges facing creatives and designers are the speed, volume of work, being seen as a strategic contributor, and the increased variety of digital channels that require creative projects.
Top challenges facing creatives and designers are the speed, volume of work, being seen as a strategic contributor, and the increased variety of digital channels that require creative projects.
When asked specifically how creative helps meet business objectives, , respondents identified brand recognition, engagement metrics, lead generation and ROI.
When asked specifically how creative helps meet business objectives, , respondents identified brand recognition, engagement metrics, lead generation and ROI.
89% of respondents think creative work is important to meeting business objectives.
89% of respondents think creative work is important to meeting business objectives.
Top challenges facing creatives and designers are the speed, volume of work, being seen as a strategic contributor, and the increased variety of digital channels that require creative projects. When asked specifically how creative helps meet business objectives, , respondents identified brand recognition, engagement metrics, lead generation and ROI. 89% of respondents think creative work is important to meeting business objectives.

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