Shannon Farrelly
Creative Director
Playlists
All Videos (20)
- What I Do
- Great Part
- Typical Day
- My Career Path
- MIT Initiative on the Digital
- MIT Inclusive Innovation Challenge
- Creative Genius at MIT
- Creating Video for Clients
- Working in High end Fashion Retail Industry
- Why Girls Should Consider a Career as Creative Director
- Challenges
- Skills to Develop
- Mixing my Love for Art with Technology
- Education
- Favorites
- Helpful Teachers
- Studying Abroad in Rome Italy
- Family Support
- How to Develop Resiliency
- Gender Bias in the Film Industry
Bio
Watch Shannon Farelly, a creative director for the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, which focuses on finding new work opportunities for people of low and middle incomes worldwide. She manages communications, marketing, advertising, public relations and media. As a creative director, she loves touching every aspect of communications and promotion. Shannon has learned that artificial thinking and machines won’t take over. Research shows that creativity is integral to work -- and jobs and pay in creative directing are on the rise. Shannon shares this advice: Every time she experiences failure in her career, she stops and thinks about what she has learned. It helps her becomes more resilient.
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