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I find this extremely strange. When I work on a project with a team from an agency, do well on the project and we create awesome work together, and then I move on to another project elsewhere. When I… more

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Once again it’s proven that agency people going to the client side show absolute disdain for their agency. Rot in hell.

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If you started a 6 month contract role, would you update your LinkedIn? If so, how soon after?
I just started 2 days ago and my LI already reflects when I was laid off in Oct 2024 but wondering if I sh… more

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Ok, time to get real: I’ve won some awards, but not the big ones. I have good ideas and produced work, but haven’t been lucky enough to be on the big accounts at the big shops. I have a network, but n… more

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Jesus F. Christ. How many threads about Coke are we going to make. (Yeah I just made one more)

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Any insight into working at Doner?

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OpenX peeps. How ya’ll feeling about the re-staffing update today?

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Curious to learn more about Grey Midwest if anyone has any insight.

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Anyone at Droga5 willing to look at my portfolio? TIA!

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For the freelancers: are you caving and taking lower hourly/day rates or are you holding strong and passing on lower-paying opportunities?

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Partner and I have been running a social brand’s instagram and I feel like we’re running out of ideas. Any advice for getting fresh ideas that can perform well? The client is a master at watering down… more

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What is the difference between an Account Supervisor and an Account Director? How do/should their competencies and responsibilities differ?

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Any great London experiential companies out there?

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Madwell people- what’s your next move? Still logging on? Striking? Did they give you an eta for paychecks?

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Who danced it better?

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What are some signs that an agency is seriously going under? (other than layoffs)

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Lowkey judging you if you deny my team-wide OOO calendar invite idc idc

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It’s so frustrating to go deep into interviews and not get the gig. Only to cruise LinkedIn to see eventually beat you out and their book is disappointing. I think I interview well, it maybe not. FML… more

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First time dipping my toe in a freelance project. Got asked my day rate. What are ACDs in NYC generally earning?

(Searched through a few bowls, but I couldn’t get a super recent answers. Apologies if … more

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Am I dumb to have joined an agency from client side? All I see on here is how terrible agency life is and lay offs galore 🙃

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Since Coke just took all their media from WPP, what’s going to happen to OpenX?

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So WPP office return starts in April

But haven’t gotten any updates since January email. No exact date, no additional space or tables. Like it’s actually scary that leadership has yet to update teams o… more

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Does anyone have a resrouce or a good library to help me with scope writing? Mostly looking for blocks of texts that describe the different creative services a full service agency would offer. It's a new resp… more

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Is it completely asinine to keep my silver pencils on my desk at work? I don’t have cool things like other people do and am horrible at decorating.

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How do you make it past the second round of an interview process? I always get past the first, second and then right when the offer is being made, I fall short. Any tips?

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What are some brands that do great social edu-series that incorporate beautiful graphics/ art direction?

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How is the Microsoft media account at Dentsu ?

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Should I apply for jobs requiring proficiency in specific software, and I don't know 2 out of 6-7? For example, they asked for adobe photoshop, Illustrator, indesign, powerpoint, premier, and afte… more

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Currently considering a move from an IPG agency to Publicis Health Media (PHM). Nervous about the IPG acquisition from Omni. Is this stupid or should I do it? I don’t know much about Publicis vs IPG.… more

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Im a Greencard holder and I recently got
laid off. Im too worried about the govt to file for unemployed - am I crazy?

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Whatever happened to the almighty CP+B?

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What is a fair freelance Day Rate for a Creative Director gig, overseeing a project with 2 mid level teams reporting to me? This is in a health agency on a big, Omni channel rebranding project for a w… more

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I have an Art Director partner I love working with. My only issue with them is how slow they are. Since our work obviously doesn't happen in a vacuum, I'm usually forced to stay up way later than needed … more

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I'm a copywriter looking for an AD to create some spec work with! If you need some fresh stuff for your book, please reach out.

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I landed a phone interview for a graphic design position and I can’t afford to mess this up.

I did some research on the team through the company website and found the creative director (would most likely be workin… more

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