Advertising

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1. The amount of AI generations that are slop. Consistently about 90%

2. The amount of AI generations the general public understands as slop. Starting at 0% and rapidly trendi… more

I'm really regretting my arts background. My job pays me 50k, and friends I grew up with who were half as diligent or hardworking as I was, are making 3-4 times what I do. Guess the people in tech… more

There's so much conflicting advice on how to spend your first few years in your career. Some say you should keep moving around so you can be privy to different cultures and work ethics till you fi… more

Have some opportunities and could use some advice…do I take the gig that offers…
1) Best salary/promotion. Big agency. Decent account. I know nobody there. 2) Smaller salary/promotion. Smaller agency. … more

Wha the heck happened over at Verb? They seemed to be flying high less than a year ago.

Out of curiosity, how much detail and flourish do you put into your scripts?

We use a lot of testimonials in campaigns. Do people respond to these or do they assume they're all made up?

I'm hearing a lot about how scarce jobs are in the industry these days. Is it even worth it to try to jump right now?

Been laid off a few months now and having an angry day. So frustrated with everything. The field I studied to get here, overthinking the things I coulda probably did to not be included in the group th… more

After losing Bayer, Paramount, Coca-Cola NA, MARS, resigning PayPal… WPP Media has now lost the TJX account to Publicis.

Every day, I feel less and less purpose and meaning with what I do and how I spend my time. Such a terrible feeling. Anyone else?

My in-house agency recently made a change to require us to track our time. They repeatedly said that they want us to be honest and that they don’t expect us to be billing 8 hours a day since some hour… more

I've been told I'm "not living up to the standards of the company". I asked for more details and they just said I'm not doing the right things to get the team motivated enough an… more

Any insight into a workaround on freelance gigs with publicis?

I was told my current gig was extended through the end of the year a few weeks ago and just this past week was told it might end next week due to term limits for … more

Now that Phil Rizuto is in the driver’s seat at Droga, is D5 finally back? Had been on a long painful slide since Teddy Royer said ‘see ya later, losers.’ I for one think so and hope so.

Any advice for a switch from sales to a more creative role (social, strategy, production, etc)? I’m at the start of my career and am having trouble gaining traction for those creative roles. I know th… more

Are you getting asked to write campaign ideas and launch plans as a take-home interview task? An agency I applied to sent me a task to do after my first round, and ever since I sent in what I think is… more

Unpopular opinion:

It's okay to:
• Not want to be a boss
• Work a 9-5 and actually log off
• Live for the weekend
• Choose stability over hustle culture
• Do "just enough" and be proud of it

An… more

Is it true Dentsu is mandating RTO 3x a week?
Felt they were the last agency still remaining like 80% remote with 1 day in office

Where is better to work at TBWA MAL? Or in-house at Apple? And what’s the difference?

So I read that Omnicom will be discontinuing the DDB brand and a few other agency brands like GS&P. Does anyone have more intel on the matter?

Does Digitas heavily track badge swipes? Or heavily enforcing 3 days a week?

Anyone out there love what you do but don’t like working in the ad industry? Strategists who don’t want to make ads, writers who want to write for something else, designers who want to rather design f… more

Johannesburg day rate? Anyone know the going rate for a senior CD/Designer from NYC?

Ok, we all know how terrible it is to create art using AI. But if you're gonna do it, which platform is the best? Does it make a difference?

What is it about becoming a CCO that people feel the need to try ultra hard to look ~ edgy ~
I'm all for being yourself but 99% of the time, the most ridiculously dressed guy in the agency with a c… more

Someone at VML introduced himself as a CEO to a set of newly met clients. Turns out the actual title of this pretentious “CEO” is Chief Experience Officer. Clients found out through an intern hours la… more

Do you feel like there’s competition with others in your same role on the same team as you to get promoted?

Corporate life is just ChatGPTing “can you make this sound more professional” 30 times a day. What do you use mainly use ChatGPT for at work?

Hello Fishbowl! I was recently laid off and am looking for my next opportunity. I have 2 years of art direction experience working across various consumer and healthcare brands. Please DM me for more … more

I'm in my second week of my new job working across verticals I haven't previously worked on. Therefore additional research is needed when I'm kicking off new projects (so far 3). From the … more

Advice needed. Keep getting to the 3rd or 4th round of interview stage and not hearing back for weeks and ultimately told the role is put on hold or they are changing the role , or gave it to someone else but really want to … more

Halloween approaches! What monster makes the best ad mascot? Ghost? Vampire? Witch?

How do you handle a CD who is regularly doubling the scope of your team’s work when the client hasn’t asked for it, and your project managers aren’t even aware of it until after the fact? It’s putting… more