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What's the London scene like for senior account people on visas from Canada (10+ years)?

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Is anyone out there having a good time? Seems like every agency is fighting over every crappy pitch ‘opportunity’, workload is high, and pay rise and promotions are non-existent. This industry sucks.

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Hi! I’m keen to learn what London agencies flexible working policies are. How many days you are expected in the office and how you feel about the current policy? Which agencies are offering what?

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Do you guys know of any UK agencies allowing international remote work long-term? Thank you

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In your mind, what are the top 5 agencies in London at the moment?

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I am a Junior creative and require sponsorship. I've done placements at some great agencies but had to move back home due to the inability to find sponsorship. What do I do?

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What’s happening at Droga? Seems like literally everyone has “left”? Heard they were also looking to bring in new lower level creatives. Is it just an out with the old and in with the new thing?

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Salary for Midweight Creative in London? 3-4 years exp. Also - best recruitment agencies?

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Working remotely in London and unfortunately fell in love with the city. Any leads on open copywriter roles? I’m a dual citizen, don’t need sponsorship. Currently at an agency that’s under a holding c… more

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I’m a Brit living in the US (for 7 years) but looking to relocate back to UK asap. I’m finding it very difficult to even get a response from job applications, despite a very strong CV and 12 years of … more

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What’s a CD salary range in London these days? (Big holding co.)

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Looking to connect with product designers experienced in prototyping and manufacturing small objects.

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Am I just unlucky(/unpopular!) or are you also finding creative recruiters and agency talent people ridiculously bad now? Like, ‘barely any point in contacting them’ bad?

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any agency that provides tier 2 sponsor visa? sick of losing opportunities when i know my profile is quite good. any help appreciated. got 2 years of work ex in london and 4 abroad.

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moved from a network agency that was having lots of redundancies, low morale and creative work became really stifled - to a small, owner led agency and sadly hating it.

Hoping to move to another agenc… more

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Salary expectations. 3.5 yrs total experience in Toronto, 3 years in accounts (AS) and the rest as a strategist. Thinking about moving to london in the next year/year and a half. What can be expected … more

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Anyone know if Ogilvy sponsors visas?

Anyone here at a WPP agency and want to refer a gal? 😇

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How’s the London scene looking? My copywriter and I are interested in making the move from NYC to London and looking for any agencies who want to hire us!! We just sold some pretty amazing work here a… more

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What’s the Uncommon x B&Q goss?

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Klick Health. What’s their deal? Any opinions?

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Out of interest: Are you feeling more, or less, enthusiastic about the London ad scene than you were a few years back? Howcome?

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Is anyone able to recommended some good creative recruiters in London? I’m currently a Mid level art director at a network agency in Sydney, but am moving over in a months time. Many thanks!

What do you think is the biggest cultural difference negotiating an offer/salary in London vs NYC? Especially for upper management roles aka ones that report right into a CEO.

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Any tea about Digitas Health in London? Company culture, wages, leadership, hybrid or fully in office, etc. Thinking of applying to an open CW role

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What's the vibe at Havas London these days?

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Anyone looking for ATL/Integrated Account Directors at the moment? Open to FTC and freelance roles too!

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thoughts on Lucky G poaching the cco *and* cso of Droga?

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Parents!! How early do you leave the office for childcare stuff? Is your agency ok with it? Constantly feel like I’m letting my family down & then not really doing enough work to excel at job.

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what are some interesting indie agencies in the uk? in addition to lucky generals, neverland, pablo

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Coming from Canada, what can I expect in terms of salary - strategist 3-5 years experience?

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Just found out I qualify for a Visa to come to the UK from Canada. How’s the market these days?

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What’s the culture like at Oliver UK?

Freelancing during redundancy notice period - anyone done this? What sort of tax implications might there be?

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The&Partnership - Sorry "T&Pm" - inviting Piers Morgan and Elon Musk to chat on their yacht... and are proud of it. Yikes.

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What’s Leo Burnett like at the moment?

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Do you work the full 8 hours? Should I change something if I don’t? Junior creative

Are recruiters proactively reaching out to you or do they just post vague cattle calls on LinkedIn now. Felt like when I started my career there was a lot more relationship building and behind the sce… more

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Creative Director here, moving to london in the next month and looking to connect with recruiters to discuss opportunities.

Can anyone recommend someone i can reach out to? I’d greatly appreciate… more

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