Project management is one of the most undervalued skills in the marketing/communications industry. It’s an attitude I’ve encountered a lot over the course of my career, even within agencies themselves.
A few days ago I was with someone during quite a big moment in their life, and they were really emotional. “I’ve been finding that I’m so much more maudlin this year,” they said, smiling through a real fruit salad of feelings. I’ve been thinking about
When we interviewed candidates for the social media manager position at Pomegranite, we took notes during each chat to help us remember key points about each person. During Anja’s interview, Liz only wrote down one word: yay!
Our usual Pomegranite birthday party obviously wasn't an option this year, but turning eight felt like a big deal and we wanted to do something to mark the occasion. After our alternative celebration, these were the messages sent on slack:
To celebrate our eighth birthday, we’re launching our online course demo to show clients everything that’s possible - from the various types of content you can embed to the types of questions you can have in a quiz.
About four years ago, we interviewed Nicole for a social media position at Pomegranite. We moved a bit too slowly and it didn’t work out – and she became known as “the one who got away”. Until a year later… when her name popped up
Our office lease expired last month. Since our lovely office mates, Crush, had moved out quite a few months ago as a result of the pandemic, it didn’t make much sense for us to hang onto such a big space just for us. The question was
The question I’ve been chatting to Liz about this morning is: What do you say in a “Happy holidays!” blog after a year like 2020 without sounding like a trying-too-hard-bit-off-the-mark Hallmark card? All that makes sense is to us is to be honest and real. For me,
A little while ago I spent a few weeks on a friend’s beautiful farm in the Eastern Cape. Every day I would wake up at sunrise and go for a solo walk to a particular rock where I would sit sipping my coffee, listening to
By Sarah and Liz At the beginning of July Pomegranite turned 7. We didn’t have our usual party (the photo above was taken at last year's celebration), complete with the impossibly ridiculous quiz, because of the global pandemic (bit of a downer, that), but it didn’t
By Sarah The fact that I was able to take six months off work to travel the world – and that it actually worked – still feels surreal. I am so grateful to the Pomegranite team for helping me make this happen. I am also so grateful
By Sarah A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated Pomegranite’s sixth birthday with clients, service providers and friends who have supported us over the years. It’s always a lovely way to pause and take stock of where we’ve been and how far we’ve come. And, of