Managing Creative Contractors with Dan Mall
You may remember Dan Mall as the co-founder of the Businessology Show, but these days he’s at the helm of SuperFriendly, a one-of-a-kind creative model that is comprised solely of contractors. Now, most people may sweat at this Hollywood-inspired idea, but Dan is here to break down how he injects healthy rhythms into this unique structure while maintaining an incredibly high level of work quality. It’s truly a great listen for all agency owners!
About Dan Mall, Creative Director and Advisor
DAN MALL is a creative director and advisor from Philly. He’s the founder and CEO of SuperFriendly, a design collaborative that helps in-house teams make better digital products with design systems. Dan is an enthralled husband & dad, author of Pricing Design, and co-founder of Arcade, a fun way to manage design tokens for enterprise teams. He writes about design and other issues on Twitter and on his industry-recognized site, danmall.me.
Show notes
Jason and Dan talk about many things from a perspective of Contractors (or the Superfriendlys), like how best to grow companies and culture with a Contractor model, how to run project management with the Superfriendlys, and why this is Superfriendly's choice of team model.
They even dive into the team structure of an agency built on a Contractor model.
This episode is for anyone in growth mode, and working through the complexities of team structures.
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