The ideal workplace for me is when the environment is fostered through grace, respect and shared awareness for the creative process. For example, knowing it’s a collaborative space. Knowing you are a part of something. At closerlook we do something called Show and Tell at the creative department meetings every Monday morning. We all go around the table and volunteer the latest in creative developments or initiatives going on in our lives. Someone shares a website that helped her understand an interactive design element in a new and exciting way. Another person tells the group about a music show they will be performing in some night later that week—and how we are all invited after work. By sharing our unique and creative selves with the group, the idea that we are all a part of something together grows stronger in everyone’s mind. —Scott S., Senior Copywriter at closerlook