4 Top Features to Look for in Artist Project Management Software
- Adilla
- 5 days ago
- 4 min read
Artists who start their journey to monetise their work typically don’t realise how much admin work is needed to manage their artistic projects. The dream would be able to work on your art while everything else follows through. However, to commercialise your products, you would have to do a bit of management work and schedule the needed tasks you should do before starting and establishing your creative project for monetisation.
However, traditional project management has its downsides with its structure and rigidity. Creative workflow doesn’t typically come in a fixed time, and a burst of creativity usually comes randomly for our fellow creatives and artists. So, consider looking into artist project management or creative project management.
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How does Creative Project Management Support Artists
Whether you are in a big team or on your own, artists are typically multitaskers, juggling different tasks while still having to produce their artwork. It can get overwhelming if a bit of management isn’t put together in your work. You might miss deadlines or orders for your artwork when you handle them without properly sorting them out on paper or in a tool made to help you deal with them.
Once you have considered implementing a bit of creative project management into your work, think about what tools would fit your artistic projects.
Unique Needs for Creatives & Artists
If you are unsure of what creative project management features to implement into your project, we can help sort out what could be essential for you and your team. There are a few things you should consider before getting into the features or tools that are available in said creative or artist project management software.
· Is structure important for your creative workflow?
· Would you need a mix of balance and structure?
· Would you prefer a text-heavy software?
· Do you need more visually pleasing software?
· Is an easy drag-and-drop interface available?
Then, you can move on to singling out the features in those creative project management tools!
Must-Have Features in Creative Project Management
1. Task Allocation and Workload
One of the main things in a creative project management software is the ability to allocate tasks to your team and to be able to see their workload. These features should come hand in hand to prevent overwhelming the team and considering their capacity for a certain day or week.
Plus, not to mention, team members aren’t fully utilising their skills, too. With these features, you can make informed decisions on how tasks are assigned and what your fellow creatives are doing as the project progresses.
2. Collaboration and Communication
It will be better if the software has the space for you to both communicate and collaborate with your team without needing to switch software. It will be even better if it comes with colour codes and options to indicate your progress. So, you can see everyone’s work progress in a visual view.
Not all project management software provides a space to both communicate and collaborate at the same time. Our TESSR project management software has a feature called TESSR Review, where you can visually collaborate and communicate with your team without needing to switch tools. Our module provides a space for you to do both visual annotations and contextual comments to initiate a constructive feedback culture within the team.
3. Priority View
You would not have to worry about deciding which tasks should be prioritised if you had software that does that for you. A visual representation of your work priority can help determine the tasks you need to do for the coming week.
4. Project Progress and Timeline Overview
A useful feature to give you the motivation to progress on your work, and how much you have accomplished. A calendar overview or a dated timeline of your project from beginning to end not only helps track what tasks overlap with what, but it could also push you and your team to reach the goal of the project.
Conclusion
Doing a bit of creative project management can help establish your workflow better and smooth out any miscommunication between your team and clients. If it does somehow overwhelm you instead, your current project management tool is probably not meant for you, so it’s time to switch to something else. Trying to find the best project management software for creatives might take a bit of work, but don’t rush the process! Take the time to see what works best for you and your team.
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Are there project management tools for artists specifically?
There is not a lot of project management software that fulfils all the criteria of what artists would need. However, TESSR project management software is made specifically to support creative projects (static and video). Its visually pleasing interface makes it easy to get a quick overview of your project and progress.
Interested? Book a demo with us! (Psst, our software is free forever.)
Is artist project management the same as creative project management?
While the fundamentals of project management are the same for both, the difference would be just the corporate setting that comes with the word creative at times.
Would artists benefit from the ‘traditional’ way of project management?
Traditional project management does help, but artists prefer the freedom and wiggle room to explore and experiment without the pressure of a strict deadline. So, while it helps in structuring, it might limit their creative liberty.
Author Bio
With a background in Arts English, Adilla has been a casual writer for various hobbies, including parodies of animated shows and plots for board games like Dungeons & Dragons. She loves to read anything and everything from fantasy stories to articles on tips and tricks. Currently, Adilla resides in Malaysia and is a creative writer at TESSR. One day, she is eager to publish her book. To know more about her, check out her LinkedIn.
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