Folder structures for creatives

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Our Creative Department at my church uses a pretty elaborate folder structure for most of our projects.  We’ve been using this method for a number of years and so far has proven to be a great system for keeping projects find-able and open-able by others in our department if we were somehow sick or out of the office. Having systems like this is great for thinking long term and keeping your sanity.  There is still the occasion I am too busy to use this structure and end up shooting myself in the foot when I try to open the project later and files for some odd reason are not linking properly…..arghhhh  Below is an abbreviated version of the structure we use

The Graphic Project Folder Structure:
Name of Project
Output Files (Final Output File & Proofs)
Project Elements (Documents & Graphics)
Project Files (Master Editable File)

The Video Project Folder Structure:
Name of Project
Output Files (Final Output File & Previsous Versions)
Project Elements (Audio, Graphics, Documents, Video)
Project Files (Other, After Effects, Motion, Soundtrack, Final Cut Pro)

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