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How working creative directors are actually using AI — field reports, frameworks, and the workflows that survive contact with real client work.
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Claude as a Creative Director: Six Months of Real Workflows
What worked, what failed, and the three operating modes that define how I actually use AI in professional creative work. This is not a hype piece — it is a field report.
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Claude as a Creative Director: Six Months of Real Workflows
AI Tools · 14 min — What worked, what failed, and the three operating modes for AI in creative work.
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AI Tools · 12 min — The skill transfer from directing humans to directing AI is nearly 1:1.
The 580-Word System Prompt That Runs My Business
AI Tools · 8 min — How a single master prompt creates consistency across every AI interaction.
Why I Switched from GPT to Claude for Creative Work
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About the Author
Tommy Saunders
Creative Director & Founder, IntelligentOperations.ai
Tommy Saunders is a creative director and technologist with 9+ years of experience building brands, video production systems, and AI-powered creative workflows. He has worked with 40+ brand clients and built IntelligentOperations.ai as an AI operating system for creative professionals. Based in Kansas City with 2.1K LinkedIn followers and a growing community of builders.