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Today I’d like to announce that Omnicom Production, Publicis Production, and WPP will merge and form one global domination as OmniPubPP Productions. Together we will shoot billions of internal videos … more

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I have worked in advertising for 10+ years now and the industry just continues to disappoint. It’s getting to a point where the juice just isn’t worth the squeeze and I’m considering a far lower payin… more

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Creatives working for a startup, what are some pros and cons?

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Is there a hiring freeze within Omnicom media group?

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Legacy IPG--have you looked at your first paycheck and compared it to your last 2025 paycheck yet? Did you see anything weird?

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Hi, all. I’m an ADWEEK reporter working on a follow-up piece to WPP’s new production reorg (Specifically the potential fallout of the retirement of the Hogarth brand for the creation of WPP Production).
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It’s always the remote C-Suite suburban parents that leave 7am comments to redesign or revert back to the old look and feel once I get into the office 😐

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my fellow advertising friends, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? i’m trying to see something.

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Hire me you cowards! Release me from John Wren’s purgatory!

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👀 Looking back, is your life and career on track to where you thought it would be at this point in 2016?

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If I could dropkick any one thing really hard, it would be Microsoft Teams.

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As a 50 year old applying for an ACD position, it feels like they’re looking at me as if I was hitting on a 28 year old girl at a bar.

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WPP Media wins SC Johnson account from Omnicom - are they finally recovering?


Seems they have been winning some big accounts recently like Mastercard, Reckitt, Norwegian Cruise Line's, Jaguar Land … more

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In your opinion, do you think a new product does better when it comes with brand novelty or when an established brand releases it? I can tell this soda from Liquid Death will do really well, even though I tried them and they taste pretty awful.

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How do people feel about gamification in advertising? Is it an idea whose time has passed?

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Our agency went through downsizing and laid off about 50 employees. Many of them were people I used to work very closely with and it's not a great feeling to go to work knowing they won't be t… more

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What can you do when you’ve realized you chose a bad partner?

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Looking for a job at a digital-last agency. Where might that be? [I know someone is going to say 1989. 😁] But seriously, which places really focus on the big brand platform still?

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Any NYC-based mid-senior level art directors in looking for work? I’m a senior level CW working in-house at a great music company. We really want to expand our creative campaigns this year, and I badl… more

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Anyone else who prefers the ideation, scriptwriting and idea selling stage more than the actual production?

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Creatives that moved to Dubai, can we connect? I have questions

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Things are getting pretty dicey in the United States. Does Omnicom have offices in Denmark?

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Didn't Skittles already do a super bowl ad for just one person like a decade ago?

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With so many good ol’ days agencies dead now. Is it ok to wear their swag to work now?

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Curious to hear thoughts on Midwest vs coastal agencies…. Does being outside NYC / LA change how agencies think, work or take creative risks?

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Can you work in this industry without touching certain kinds of accounts? Long story short, I have an AD friend who's very talented with a great portfolio of work. The agency put her on an alcohol… more

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What’s the Gen Z equivalent of Dumb and Dumber? Asking for a friend that’s new to having direct reports.

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Someone please give me a brief breakdown of all agencies under Havas network - Best to worse (avoid avoid avoid). Also what is the salary range for CDs?

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As a strategist, I always feel like our work is not as visible as the creative side. I genuinely enjoy my job, but when it comes to recognition and celebration, I feel like strat gets sidelined a lot.… more

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Are you ready for the Sloppybowl?

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Anyone working in pharma know how close AI is to being able to do reference annotations? I don't want a robot to take my job but that part of it they can have.

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No way this jingle is going to be on a national ad now! Who's heard it? Honestly, when my team members were all talking about this jingle, I definitely knew it was going to be big, but I didn't think it would get the green light from Dr.Pepper itself. Guess TikTok still is the platform for overnight successes!

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My coworkers talk so much shit (about other employees, other people, peers, etc) and it makes me so uncomfortable. Is this common across the industry? I’ve noticed it’s not just my team, but a lot of … more

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Writers, what non Mac pc do you recommend? Not doing any gaming or video heavy editing with it, just basic functions, plus video chat for work. Please help!

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From anyone’s experience, was it easy for you to transition to a different capability? I’m in social and want to switch to brand strategy/brand marketing. How easy would this be for me to achieve?

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How often are there layoffs in your company? I spoke to a friend who got laid off last week, and she said that since last year, they've been laying off members every two to three months. That'… more

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Everyone got the day off for MLK day, right? No overreaching managers tried to squeeze a little work out of you?

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