Please Be Interesting: Chad Stanley

It's a different world. And we’re a different Crispin.

Meet some of our humans making things happen behind the scenes. We asked them a few questions, with one requirement… to please keep it interesting.

Name, Title?

Chad Stanley, group director, development

How do you explain what you do to your family/friends? 

I manage a team and clients that build and operate business and ecommerce websites, and everything technical associated with them. Or just: “digital swiss-army knife.”

How do you start your day?

I love the new energy of the very early morning: kids, coffee, dogs, physical activity. Work of course on work days, which means Jira, Teams, Azure and calls!

What’s on your desk right now?

Picture of kids and one of my sister, an analog dive watch, an engraved bear-claw ring, two laptops and associated accoutrements, and a Pop figure of Daredevil (black costume!)

What would you be doing if you didn’t work in the creative industry?

If feasible, ideally working with Sea Shepherd on whatever frontier necessary to protect what we all rely on. 

What's a piece of work that really stood out to you in the last year?

Norwich City Football Club’s “Check in on those around you.”

In a time that everyone is so connected, people have never been so dangerously mentally isolated. This campaign clearly showed that not everyone is what they seem and to truly pay attention to people beyond the superficial.

What film, TV show or piece of online content do you love that no one else seems to like?

Les Norton TV series. Also MotoGP!

How do you apply your creative skills to another area of your life?

I’m good at figuring out technical needs or problems and making them work. It comes in handy for just about anything I need to do or support.

What’s your biggest hot take?

Access to knowledge is not a modern problem. Proactive ignorance is.

Anything else you feel like sharing with us?

Everything is about perspective. Sometimes you don’t need eyes to see ahead, you need vision.