Advertising

How’s Ogilvy NY nowadays? Looks like they’re hiring a lot but odd after all the layoffs.

Go ahead and have fun with this one, but looking for real answers too. ‘Older’ creative here; my husband and I are starting to downsize.. close to retirement. Tossing stuff, donating, selling. But I’m… more

Can we stop pretending that anyone reads Cover Letters

Which of these would you say an intern would get a lot out of; Innocean, Saatchi, McKinney, West BBDO, David&Goliath, Giant Spoon. I interviewed with a couple of them so far but curious about all … more

Our creative resource manager is also the HR manager at my small agency. Red flag?

Any advice working with a new CW partner? Besides feeling it out as you go, are there any tips/tricks to fast track that process?

When you were a student showing your portfolio to agencies and at portfolio night, did you think that the CDs that didn’t hire you would use some of the ideas from your portfolio down the road? How ca… more

Got a bad performance review stating that my work is good but I’m too overly confident and hard to collaborate with. None of my peers nor my manager has told me this to my face at all in the past year… more

Are there any agencies that have actually done away with time sheets? I'm hearing rumors that this is or could be happening but I don't know whether or not to believe them.

Who still has to fill out a timesheet for work? Is this only an agency thing?

In your opinion, which is the better day to use PTO? Friday or Monday? I think you're crazy if you don't prefer to have a Monday off, but I lost the poll in the office.

Doing Creative for the City?

Anyone know what it’s like to be on the creative team for a city dept? (Dept of transportation, etc). Like as a copywriter, art director, social, strategist etc.

Do you get to really d… more

It’s not weird if I use the heart reaction in slack as opposed to thumbs up, is it? I’m just an affectionate guy.

Is it me, or is the adidas World Cup ad with chalet just a worse version of the great Jose +10 ad they did 20 years ago?

Does anyone actually raise their hand when they’re having a slow couple weeks? Or do you keep your head down and enjoy the chill because it’ll inevitably pick up anyway?

Those working in pharma: How do you deal with the burnout of working on drugs whose patients have terminal cancer or devastating childhood diseases? Sometimes I feel like it's all too much.

What’s with our industries allergic reaction to remote working?
I’ve done in agency, hybrid and fully remote. Some people are good at remote work, some not.
But why dismiss someone from being a potential st… more

I work at a medium sized agency and want to know if this is standard nowadays or if I should try to move. Since I started a few years ago, the pace we deliver at has gotten so fast. We work on multipl… more

Does anyone have any tips on where to look for remote roles as an Art Director? Preferably in Europe.

I had an interview last Friday and the hiring manager told me to look out for my inbox on Monday for second round invite with rest of the team. Today is Thursday and crickets. Should I follow up or wa… more

Anyone have a good employment lawyer they have used for contract reviews?

Havas folks, what is your revised maternity leave policy?

This week I passed on an opportunity for an interview because it paid about $75K less than market rate.

Two weeks ago I saw a job posting for an agency (in NYC) that had “must be ok with 10am - 7pm hours” in it. … more

I walked out on my toxic manager yesterday. I couldn't take it anymore. He piled on work with crazy unrealistic expectations and deadlines, all while being verbally abusive while working me to dea… more

I currently work at Publicis and have been with the company for close to two years. I was recently accepted into a university program, but the classes are only offered during the day.

I’m trying to understand whet… more

For those who have RTO mandated- how strict are the policies? I feel like it’s not really being enforced at my company as it was a year ago. Wondering if this is anyone’s else experience?

Anyone tried Omnicom's AI platform? I have not yet. How's it going?

What are the parental leave policies out there? I feel like mine is abysmal (6 weeks after a year of service, top up from STD and State leave)

Any insight into what it’s currently like working at either VML health or Havas? Currently ex-IPGer at OMC

How expensive does gas have to get before we're not willing to drive to the office anymore? Now feels like a good time to bring back remote work.

Have you ever returned to a job that laid you off and did you regret going back? (Was a year and a half ago and its a title & salary increase from current role)

Go Daddy. Anyone have a store they built on Go Daddy and have paid extra for tech support?

How many interviews is exploitative? 5 rounds + onsite (hours) + assignment. Why has this become the standard, even for mid-level/average paying roles. Any advice?

Sometimes I feel like I don’t have enough time to write a bunch of ‘amazing and sharp’ scripts. Have you been able to get a peek at a brief before it gets thrown to creative teams? Either by befriendi… more

Wondering what it’s like at WPP agencies, specifically VML? Would be coming from an Omnicom agency so curious how the two compare.