Advertising

So sad to hear Quality Experience is closing.

What is CTV AND DRTV mesns? And the difference between them and TV ADS?

Does anybody have an estimate of exactly how many creatives are out of work right now? Is it like tens of thousands of people at this point? Fairly confident this is worse than 2008.

That Bateman/Batman State Farm spot is pretty darn good

I'm spring-cleaning my photography portfolio, and seeing a dreadfully outdated collection of images (returning to the fun-filled advertising world after a few years of life happening). Everything … more

so after a little over a year of side gigs, finance pulling funding for roles I landed, etc., it looks like I'm finally landing somewhere permanently 🎉🥳🎊 however, it's on the publisher side… more

Can anyone recommend a good employment lawyer in NYC?

Has anyone worked on the J&J account at IPG before it moved to WPP? Was wondering what the day to day looked like and if they were a relatively low lift account or they grinded you out?
Thanks!

Any chance the copywriter who wrote the Liberty Mutual jingle is on here? Great stuff. Seriously, how did that happen? Did they write 500 jingles and the client was like, "let's just say Libe… more

I'm not one of those Luddites who think digital technology has made creativity "too easy. What I miss from "the old days" is executing concepts in "medium fidelity." For l… more

Could anyone share what is the trick behind uploading vertical videos in GOOD resolution to LinkedIn? Besides the obvious (9:16, 1080x1920, mp4, 30 fps) 🙏

Anyone else "love" these self glorified evangelist office influencers that have no real experience in the field spewing garbage on LinkedIn? Companies are hiring people just because of their follo… more

Anyone ever traveled but had to miss the shoot because they got sick? How did you handle it?
Thankfully I’m not the only producer attending.

Layoffs at Mullen? 🫠

Did RPA have another round of layoffs?

25 years ago: Dotcom crash.
5 years ago: Covid launch. Today: …

WPP media folks , how are things been with the Coca Cola news?

Been business as usual for my team. No one acknowledging it

What was that bombshell about Mischief that was supposed to drop?

Q: When did "Marketing" morph into a euphemism for "Account Services"?

My first contact with this oddity was in the early-2000s, David-Kenny-era Digitas. But that shop was a Bain co… more

My boss expects me to deliver hard performance feedback the more junior people on our team, but I’m not their assigned manager. While I’m happy to help with what’s best for the team, it can get awkwar… more

How much more have you asked for when receiving an offer? The max I’ve asked for was 20K since it was listed in their range. They came back with 5 🙂

Hey folks in Richmond (and Virginia in general), what accounting firms do your agencies use? Starting up my own thing and looking for recos. I’d ask my own network but they’re predominantly in New Yor… more

99% of the issues in this industry could be fixed if we just hired more fucking people.

The indies operate on super thin margins, which makes that difficult. The holding company shops have to pay CEO and sharehol… more

So how much did OMD pay for that DOOH agency of the year advertising in Manhattan and how many jobs could that have saved? 😂

To all the creatives in the Middle East, especially Dubai... Is it just me or has the job market in advertising gone to the crapper?

Were agencies that didn’t make the A-List outbid by the winning ones?

Anyone who was laid off kinda glad their former agency didn’t make the list?

We were named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women in 2025 // Newsweek. First of all, f&%k right off. Second of all, now we know why they did that Grey Rising bs. It’s all about the publ… more

It’s a Paid-List. We did that 2 years ago.

Why do roles list a salary range that is far out of what they are willing to offer? I applied for a role with the “range of $75k-$116k” but in talking to the recruiter, they’re only able to offer up t… more

Genuinely don’t understand how people can come up with ideas and work quickly while working at home, all alone.