Advertising

I don’t think corporate HR using current events as PR tools to burnish their brand should be a thing, but JFC, if you are going to do it, at least use language that is not so cautious as to be completely dr… more

I’ve seen too much. My days are truly numbered. I can’t take much more of the system that advertising feeds. For anyone else who has made it out of Advertising to go on and do something more meaningfu… more

just saw that deutsch lost pizza hut and got its taco bell scope scaled back. pizza hut seems to change agencies every year but taco bell is surprising… seemed like they were doing well.

Has anyone left their company during or shortly after maternity/paternity leave? How do you navigate that? And are there any repercussions with your company?

More hiring new people while the old people are scrambling for billable hours. I am still waiting for someone to make it make sense.

Famous economist Richard Wolff agrees that all the world’s problems would be fixed with #democracyatwork

As a creative, I find media buys completely mysterious. If media people could teach or help creatives understand one thing about media buying what would it be?

A few years ago I moved from working in an agency to being the in-house CD for one of the Big 4 accountancy firms. That’s when I discovered that ad agencies are virtually kindergartens compared to the… more

With Influential and Captiv8 merging to be one company by 2026, is this a tell tail sign of layoffs waiting to happen and if so, to just one or by both companies?

LinkedIn. What is going on with them? They have limited my amount of Premiere emails to 20 and this week it did not allow me to click on the ‘contact info’ tab. AND I was just billed $73 this month, w… more

Any brands standing out for you in their Halloween efforts? I feel like it's been pretty quiet this year. I know we as a company decided not to go heavy with Halloween stuff for most of our client… more

Your holdint company makes more money than all your enployees put together. Time for some #democracyatwork

#NoCorporateKings

This is for anyone on the hiring side - for creative roles like copywriters and strategists, how much weight do you place on portfolio storytelling versus metrics or client results these days? In adve… more

I'm thinking of moving to Europe. What's the best country for advertising work?

Does anyone have any fun Halloween projects planned? We don't get many of those in pharma.

Anyone work at RedBull on the sports side? What’s it like? How’d you get there? And how many sacrifices do I need for a job offer?

What’s the appropriate salary for an EVP of strategy at a ny media agency?

Not a word about the bangs?

If AI is truly hollowing out our industry, how can people say it’s a bubble?

Moved in house 6 months ago. Rough start with lack of resources but going well except 1 division. The team is constant swirl, over directing, not taking creative suggestions, handing over 30 slide dec… more

No Corporate Kings Day! #DemocracyAtWork All the Way!

What’s it like at Leo Burnett Chicago these days?

Hi everyone! Does anyone here have experience working at Argonaut? I’d love to hear what it’s like. Thanks so much!

Any advice on when to speak up (or not) in the bigger meetings? I’m a mid level creative. CDs are awesome but they tend to take charge, so I often dont feel like I added much by the end.

We’ve unlimited PTO policy - which sucks. My direct manager makes the best use of it by taking so many one off days every few weeks and bulk time off (5+ days). Every time, I’ve taken time off or requ… more

For my WPP folks - does Team Energy still exist?

So Martin lays off 5% of their senior staff last May - only to hire 10 of their interns in the fall. Oh, And then has JH brag about it in the press. The optics are terrrrrible - they literally can’t r… more

Is anyone finding new jobs?

Feel like I’ve seen nada within my pay range (and especially in my city—Seattle) over the past 6 months.

Anyone in CA have experience with noncompetes with a prior employer? I understand non competes are illegal/unenforceable in CA (understandably mess with workers’ ability to secure employment following… more

Tired of people putting work in their portfolio when all they did was a make a few boards. Or worse, post about it on Linkedin. Be honest about your role. We see through the vagueness, it’s not clever… more

For the love of god who thought it was a good idea for Dana white to be a voice over for RAM?

How is the burnout culture at Publicis?

Im two weeks into a layoff and can I just say how beautiful it is not to hear the sound of teams notifications in my dreams anymore 🥹