Lynda - Bob Nicoll: Training The Creative Professional

Bob Nicoll has been training creative professionals for over 25 years. The short list includes filmmakers, artists, engineers, designers, producers, and all kinds of product makers. He entered the game industry in 2000, and created award-winning training programs at Electronic Arts and Blizzard. In this interview, he discusses the skills job seekers need to find work in the film and gaming industries, and his own career path as an artist and a professional educator. Highlights include seeing his first logo on national television, working on the movie Contact, and building EA University and Blizzard Academy. Bob also talks about how training has changed in the last 20 years—just like the tools—and the importance of getting away from the computer to find inspiration