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The greatest hypocrisy is the demand to RTO while jobs are constantly being offshored to places like India, Canada, Brazil, etc.

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Does anyone know how much Edelman Toronto is paying account directors?

Anyone work at Amazon Advertising NYC (Corporate office)?

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Has anyone worked at vayner media? What was your experience?

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Anyone here use Adobe for CPD ? Is it easy to learn and are there any trainings ?

Am I lost, or do most major brands not have a USP anymore?

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Should awards make a big difference in salary negotiations for CDs?

It's awards season, and some pieces of work are picking up loads of awards. If somebody has won a lot of Golds /and maybe a Gran… more

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Yelp agency thread for Creatives: If you feel strongly about an agency that you’ve worked at positively or negatively leave your feedback in the comments

CD backed me for a promotion to senior AD but ECDs don’t think I’m ready. Trying to figure out what I might be missing.

Anyone here been in a similar spot?

Thinking of checking in with my CD again to sh… more

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Omnicom & agencies under it — are they sunsetting access to Google Drive in the coming weeks for you too? I’m actually beyond livid about this

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Any insight on what’s like to work at Walmart creative studio?

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Thoughts on The Sasha Group and Vayner? 👀

Recently I finished building my book and even won a few student awards. I’m now almost at the end of an agency‘s program. Been trying to find an internship in NYC to kick off my career right after this, but… more

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Elf Cosmetics. Air-dropping a sandwich and snacks to the guy sailing with his cat to Hawaii just now?! And his 1.6 million followers watching?! Bravo.

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What agencies send their producers to Cannes?

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What title do you need to get to make 200k/yr at your agency?

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Anyone happy with those AI headshot services out there? I just tried one and it’s horrible! Too heavy handed where you don’t look like you at all. Surprised by how bad the results are. I think people … more

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The agency I’m working at right now offers old fashioned Summer Fridays—half day Fridays. However, there’s a catch. You have to have worked 40 hours in the week by 1:00 on Friday to take advantage of … more

If I get one more LinkedIn request from a business student asking me to put them forward as a candidate for an art direction internship with zero portfolio and zero proof of any creative aptitude what… more

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Has anyone made a short film or a documentary for a campaign? How much did it cost? What are the details? Please excuse my question because we’ve never done anything like this and are considering.

I know the market is unstable right now so please help me make a decision, so I have an offer that is 50k more than what I’m currently making from an agency that is known to do so many layoffs should … more

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Is anyone else dealing with major ghosting mid way through the interview process? 4 major agencies and counting…

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Ad industry is still in collective denial that AI is not going to drastically change our work lives. It’s always “it’s still too far away” “it can’t think creatively like I do.” Educate yourselves, ke… more

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When it's award submission season and my CCO asks if I have anything to submit and I say "no."

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My client is considering switching project management platforms - they use Wrike now, but don't love it. Any suggestions for platforms to consider? Bonus points for ones that integrate with Micros… more

Senior strategists in NYC — how much are you making?

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Who are the young indie agencies to watch right now?

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Is there any real benefit to starting off every paragraph in social with an emoji or icon? Is it just a trend? It just makes me want ignore the post altogether. Do you do this? And if so why?

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Hot take.
Consumers don't give a fuck if an idea has been done before.

If it's a good idea and right for the brand it doesn't matter if some other brand did it 20 years ago in Brazil.

All that matt… more

Thoughts on people using LinkedIn as roommate finder or airbnb host? 😂

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Any insight on what it’s like to work at Yeti?

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How are things looking over there, should I go with Havas or McCann NY?

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Look at Google Veo 3. Tell how AI video creation isn’t going to F us.

How much would you charge a small business owner for freelance work? Normally I’d charge $150-$200 hourly, but that feels a little wrong to charge an average person trying to get something off the gro… more

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Did the average salary in New York go down or something? About 3 years ago, creatives with 1–2 years of experience were getting around $70K, but now I’m hearing that $70K is considered generous even f… more

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Does your agency credit freelancers (who were a big part of the project) when submitting things to awards?

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Salary transparency thread: Senior art directors in NYC drop your salary and agency because these places play too much

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Have there been any more layoffs at GroupM apart from that initial week?

Creatives - what are your best/favorite ways to brainstorm?

If I had a question about a role,l after first round interview-should I actually email the interviewer ?

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