138 - Hilary Sedgwick

Hilary Sedgwick is the Creative Director at Armor, helping build brands and their digital homes.

Before joining Armor, she led creative efforts for Allen & Gerritsen and O3 World. Over the years, her work has included branding and advertising efforts for the National Constitution Center, Dietz & Watson, Yuengling, and Temple University, among others.

She likes good cheese, most social occasions, hazy ipa’s, and all things design.

Physical Items:

• MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
• Dell U2715H Monitor
• Keychron K3 Ultra-slim Wireless Mechanical Keyboard
• Apple Magic Mouse
• Apple AirPod Pros
• Logitech C922x Pro Stream Webcam
• HP Tango Wireless Printer
• Tomons Swing Arm Desk Lamp
• SONOS One Speaker
• Spectrum Wall Calendar
• FISK Artist Mousepad — Yellow
• Middle Child Clubhouse Mug
• Maderacraft Bamboo Wood Monitor Stand
• Not Work Related Field Tumbler
• Art made Lauren West, Adam Garcia, Ryan Katrina, Mikey Burton and my daughter
• Muji Pens — I have to grab some any time I visit New York
• IKEA ODGER Swivel chair
• IKEA LISABO Desk
• Prop Pencil — a joke gift from my mom that has managed to stick around.
• Areaware Block Party Monkey (Designed by Andy Rementer)

Digital Tools:

• Figma
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Lightroom
• FontBase
• Notion
• Evernote
• Harvest
• Spotify
• Slack
• Dropbox
• All Google Everything

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Q/A ☕️

What is your favorite item in your workspace?

My monitor at the moment. Ha! After working on a 13" screen for so long, it was nice to have so much more visual room to work with. I think it increased my workflow significantly once I got this space set up for myself.

How do you spark creativity?

Friends, my community and just constantly exploring what is happening in the creative space and beyond that. It's been a wild two years and I feel like it has challenged brands, people and businesses to think differently about how they are connecting with others. But there is also just so much new thinking happening and it is more accessible than before and easier to join in that conversation, soak it up and learn from it. It is pretty exciting and, at times, overwhelming. But I love what it sparks in me and how it challenges me to think differently.

How do you keep the work-life balance?

Having a dedicated space has really helped with this. I can step away from my work and detach a little better than when I was just working in my living room. It has also really helped to just plan out my day in the morning before my daughter gets up. It's important to me that my family gets focused time from me but I also make sure to carve out time for myself as well so I can get a workout in. I also work at a company that really respects and finds that balance important.