Advertising

I’m currently feeling really uninspired and hating my job and am looking for any advice or tips on how to get out of this rut. I don’t want to sound ungrateful but when I was laid off at the beginning… more

Have been interviewing and have no luck landing. It seems like recruiters from agencies are looking out for art directors with proficiencies in socials, animation, video editing, 3D, UX/UI and Figma. … more

thoughts on BBDO NY?

I’m not unemployed I’m just doing my career’s side quests.

Is the iOS Fishbowl app being buggy for anyone else? I still get notifications and it opens up just fine. But as soon as I try to read something, it shuts down. Admittedly, I’m long overdue for an upg… more

Hi! My agency recently lost one of their smaller clients (my only client) and put me on a 30-day PIP after 3 months of employment. They say it’s performance based but truth be told, I think it’s becau… more

My favorite part of Deadpool and Wolverine was Ryan Reynolds name dropping his ad agency “Maximum Effort” multiple times throughout.

Any meeting on a Sunday is criminal

Google pulling its AI ad 😗🤌.

I hope this kills soooooo many briefs.

There's a lot of shade in this bizz. Let's throw some light.
What leaders do you find inspiring? Who's worth a follow on LI, a listen on podcast, or read in the trades.
I'll start:
Shannon Washington-fresh, fun, inspiring
Nil… more

Starting a job client-side in a week, and I think the role I’m starting on is agency-facing. What’s some (practical) advice you’d give to your clients in terms of working with agencies/giving feedback… more

How many creatives are left at your agency after all of these layoffs?

230k in NY for an Executive Director role, yay or nay?

Does anyone have a list of the brand side/in house companies in Los Angeles that have their own creative departments (besides tech like google and apple)? I know of expedia, estée lauder, mattel, and … more

What are some of the top agencies that do campaigns for movies and TV? Less interested in the shops that only do key art and trailers, looking for shops that go beyond that with activations, social, OOH, etc. more

Is there a bigger picture behind companies utterly failing to read the room around their AI commercials (Apple, Google)…?

Any noise on agencies hiring juniors/new talent? This is probably the 1000th post on here but it seems like forever that agencies aren't hiring many juniors. Anyone here of anything?

Side note: i don'… more

You're briefed on a new project (let's say a new-ish brand/client) and you're asked to come up with ideas to solve a problem. The type of execution aside, what are your research techniques to fi… more

Do most agencies pay for relocation?

What’s the scoop on VML NY? Are they looking for CDs/GCDs/ECDs? Who’s the CCO there?

Can anyone recommend some politically oriented ad agencies? I would like to get more involved in that side of the advertising world.

Always be weary of communication agencies that claim they are social change makers. That they are purpose driven. They are not.

Which agencies are still WFH?

Does anyone know what CDs get paid in Australia mate?

Anyone got the d-low on Dingleberry getting acquired by Jazzcat a subsidiary of Bottlenose Dolphin Group?

I keep getting internship offers but no job offers. Should I continue to do these, or should I focus on full time jobs only?

I appreciate that I’m getting paid internship offers because I know that there are a ton… more

in terms of indies, how would you rank rethink, anomaly, orchard, jl and quality meats?

how do you deal with a bunch of non-creatives constantly trying to override your creative reco's or trying to art direct?

And to add yet another insult to injury… the “actively recruiting” application that I just spent 30 min filling out and carefully crafting stopped accepting submissions… but of course didn’t notify me… more