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About our 'Failing Up' series

Tell us about a project, campaign or life choice that didn't go as planned, and what you learned from it. Email pitches to failingup [at] musebycl.io.

  • Failing Up

    Why Losing My Dream Job Was Exactly What I Needed

    By Stuart Watson
  • Creative Mentor Series

    What I Learned Art Directing Photo Shoots That Didn't Go as Planned

    By Jessie Garretson
  • Failing Up

    The Pitch That Went Horribly Wrong

    By Don Nelson
  • Failing Up

    The Tobacco Account That Ended My Career

    By Troy Wade
  • Failing Up

    When You Do Great Work, and Lose

    By Ryan Kutscher
  • Failing Up

    How My First Paying Design Project Truly Went Up in Flames

    By Brad Kayal
  • Failing Up

    How Failures, and a Fan-Focused Vision, Led to Our Agency's Success

    By David Getson
  • Failing Up

    When the Best Ad You Ever Wrote Never Makes It on Air

    By Chelsea O'Brien
  • Failing Up

    Life Is Beatiful: What to Do When Your Ad Has a Giant Typo

    By Adam Wohl
  • Failing Up

    A Creative Idea Is Only as Good as Its Timing

    By Carolyn Hadlock
  • Failing Up

    How We Regrouped After a Spectacular Failure Lost Us a Client

    By Rebecca Armstrong
  • Failing Up

    My Disastrous First Attempt at Working in Advertising

    By Christina Miller
  • Failing Up

    The Art of Failure at Wieden + Kennedy

    By Jimm Lasser

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