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Pardon my ignorance/naivety: is there something that people who seem to have long, consistent careers as creatives are doing/have done that others aren’t?

I feel like there’s a ton of likable, hardwor… more

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Copywriters, do you have a graveyard? Is it linked on your main nav, and if not, in what scenario do you send it to somebody?

Are you fucking serious Razorfish?

$64/hour for an ACD in LA?

This is so absurd. I freelanced for this agency in what must’ve been 2013 or so, as a mid level and I was paid more than this. In Austin, TX!

This isn’t ridiculous. It’s insulting.

Pay peanuts and you’ll get monkeys.

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Any folks here who work at Assembly Global, one of the Stagwell agencies? What's it like working there? good, bad, ugly?

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Maybe all of us ad vets looking for work should join forces and take over the industry

OR

start a coffee biz lol

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If you were laid off from a holding company in the last year or two, can you share the holdco and what your severance package looked like?

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What’s the plan for the holding companies at Cannes this year? Given the recent wave of layoffs and the client shifts toward independents / or Publicis , I’m curious how WPP and Omnicom, in particular… more

if bringing AI into our workflow was truly intended to benefit the quality and speed of our work rather than just cut costs, we’d be officially trained to use it instead of being expected to spend eve… more

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If you’re an art director or illustrator outraged at how immigrants are being treated in the US with bandwidth and book design experience, send me a dm. I’m trying to get a side project going and I’d … more

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Any immigrant art directors or illustrators here with book design experience and bandwidth for a cool side project? I’d love to chat.

Think it’s time to leave my toxic workplace and even though I’ve been taking interviews, other places haven’t been looking super optimistic either. Probably just the state of the industry right now wi… more

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I am looking to shift to more health focused and “non profit” work. I am currently at a large agency on a pharma client.
Does anyone know of any agencies that are hiring that are focused on cause marke… more

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I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 4 years ago and struggled even while on medication. I started the herbal treatment from NaturePath Herbal Clinic last year, and within months, my tremors stopped and my ba… more

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Is this group US based?

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How did you guys figure out customization in Squarespace? I'm having a hell of a time. If you hired someone, please do drop recs here. Thx!

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Do we think that agencies are going to start to hire a dedicated AI person? Is it happening already?

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Do people get/take comp time for working late or are you just expected to "take it for the team?"

Layoffs at crispin. Getting rid of good talent so they can make more media planning. Smh.

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The best part about FINALLY landing a full-time job isn’t even the money (though it definitely helps). It’s not having to so much as look at LinkedIn until you get hit with layoffs again. 🙌

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Any creative operations folks burnt out from agency life and looking to go in-house? Or already in-house and looking to change things up? My team is looking for someone super detail-oriented and organ… more

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What’s up with Leo Chicago right now? Good opportunity or no? I’m trying to avoid going to another 60+ hour a week sweatshop.

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i'm looking to pivot into paid search or programmatic from an analytics and strategy background, does anyone have any advice on what to look for in job titles, agencies, non-agency roles, and expe… more

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I'm looking for data entry jobs opportunity available

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Recruiters, here's what you do. 1. Go to your inbox. 2. Search "Copywriter" or "Art Director" or whomever you're looking for RIGHT NOW. 3. Draft an email with the specifics… more

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Drop your favorite holiday campaigns!

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Anyone have insight into working at Accenture Song in Seattle? And is it remote or in person work?

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Which Publicis agency is getting paramount ?

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I need a job that pays well that doesn’t require using my brain all of the damn time my brain is tired 🫣

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Are there any reputable agencies in Philadelphia? Google and chatGPT giving me places I’ve never heard of.

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So, the ad agency that came up with the Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russia is now busily working on the case study.

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Anyone in here have any insights on space150 in Culver City? Looks like a pretty fun agency.

Welp. It’s finally happened. META has flat-out declared that they are the low-cost replacement for advertising creatives.

We have 18 months left until we’re a niche industry.

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Another major blow to WPP if true … but rumor is WPP Media is about to lose the massive Mars account

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I’m seeing WPP agencies post fully remote roles. What is going on?

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What are things like at Praytell? Not much here on the bowl 👀

How’s The Martin Agency these days? I saw a bunch of creatives have left in the past year.

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How do you stay focused in meetings that are about things you find very very boring?

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Going to be on a pitch that’s about a week long. I really, really want to win this. We’re a very small team. Any advice on how to be efficient and what to focus on? I’ve only done a few pitches but th… more

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