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Is there any equivalent of like a Cannes Lion for those who work in strategy/planning/analytics? Im new to the industry and ended up in analytics for my first role.

Has anyone negotiated their salary when being promoted at an agency? If so any tips?

Curious how everyone lists/showcases contract roles on their LinkedIn/resume/portfolio?

First time doing a contract role and not sure how to approach updating my resume/LinkedIn (it's a six month contract).more

After nearly 4 years of working at an agency, I'm going to the vendor side of things. Is this a "grass is always greener" situation? Maybe, but the pay, benefits, and not having to deal with some of… more

Why do they call it oven when you of in the cold food of out hot eat the food

Who’s on the Budweiser pitch?

Anyone have any killer ONE PAGE creative brief templates they love that you can share?

Not sure if anyone else has posted this, but it might be nice to have a list of various AI tools that are being across our industry for (1) creative development and copy (2) design and production (3) … more

How is Stagwell as a holding co

Talking transformation while slashing the talent needed to drive it.

Discuss.

Honestly speaking is it partly my fault as a young creative on the team if my ideas aren’t winning awards or are there multiple people involved? What could I be doing better

BEWARE! Wag na wag kayo mag aapply ng kahit na anong work sa MORE STAFFING. Scammer na agency yan. Sasabihan kayo na mag take ng Paid Assessment then di kayo babayaran after nyo mag take. Puro mga sca… more

All those years of agencies slaving away to win awards by all means, are they regretting it now that the awards will mean nothing after the merges?

Hello everyone,

I'm revising and updating my resume and looking for someone who can provide me with helpful feedback. Thanks in advance :)

Which agencies do y’all think are turning out good work consistently. As in, most accounts are in decent shape and not embarrassing

All jokes aside, (but it is FB, so you be you) how many years are you away from retirement from this biz? Of course assuming those of you who are employed, stay employed…

Anyone transitioned from agency creative to working at a prod co? Hit me with your stories. What you switched too. What’s better. Regrets. Curious.

Has anyone experienced the shit show of Area23?

dont shove ur corpporate structure on me. im from detroit. im not doing it again.

What are the best things at Cannes Lions?
Going for the first time this year

Who runs ben and jerrys social team?

Has anyone ever had a positive outcome from explaining their insane workload to their CD?
I’m managing 10+ client projects each week in various stages on a light week and I don’t think they understand… more

Management is pushing us to use our pto on slow days when there’s not enough billable work. We don’t have unlimited days.

Tactic to get us to use days so we don’t get paid out during layoffs?

There should be an “after advertising” bowl where we only discuss what people do when they leave, how they left, how to prepare, soul searching, etc.

Looking for a short course to learn how to use Mid-journey and other generative AI more effectively. Any recos?

Growing up I did not know anyone who had anxiety. As an adult everyone I know has anxiety. Did something shift or was anxiety just not as talked about?

Anyone ever jump from an A-list agency to a less prestigious one hoping it would be less cutthroat only to find that their new co-workers are less talented but MORE egotistical and more ruthless? Is i… more

We we are living the game of thrones plot.

The competition and power struggles betwen the lannisters , Starks, Targaryen’s (insert 10 agency names here for comparison) isn’t relevant anymore. It’s … more

So sick of the LinkedIn cattle calls from agency recruiters and random Creative Directors who can't be bothered to respond. I know they get a lot of emails. But it's super frustrating to know … more

Should I do an MBA?

What I hate the most about corporate America is the fake urgency. The weeknights and weekends I wasted rushing to get something done just so it could languish in some manager’s inbox was infuriating.

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