Advertising

Do you say which agency you are off to next when you give notice?

what’s with the mba comments? i feel like im missing an inside joke. i got my mba for personal reasons but mostly it cost me next to nothing. after reading a bunch of punchlines that involve getting a… more

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No ownership. No credit. No safety.
Just vibes, vague briefs, and vanishing headcount.

You’ll pitch for free. We’ll feed it to the AI. Then cut your ro… more

Do you ever get a brief that feels tough, and then at the review, you see another team’s idea and it’s so simple and clean and it’s definitely the answer to the brief. And then you just get annoyed at… more

Experienced creative directors who genuinely appreciate this job: what’s your secret for not becoming jaded? My mentor loves this business and I want to make sure I can maintain my passion for making … more

Which agency do you think is good (for whatever reason) yet gets little attention?

Hundreds, thousands, millions, billions! Let’s talk salary! Wait, no, let’s talk celery! But wait- both are crisp and green, no? How many stalks per year do you get paid? Me: $175,000

Anyone else feel like fake urgency is getting out of hand? Every task is marked high priority, but no one can say why. How do you push back without sounding difficult? Always seems to happen on a Frid… more

Which is better for creatives? Amazon, Google, Meta, Apple, Microsoft.

The new astronomer ad with Gwyneth Paltrow reminds me of how interesting advertising can be when done right. Though not sure if the PR team or the creative team is responsible for. But three cheers fo… more

Learned a little late that this industry is a scary place unless you have a safety net made of money, so last year I started working on that. I took a pharma job, although I’ve made my career working … more

Do Publicis offer annual salary reviews. I currently work at Dentsu and this is something they adopt (despite being small).

How’s Dentsu? Is it better than WPP holding agencies?

I’m doing a really good job and although I don’t have anyone in my life who can say that to me right now I wanted to say it to myself, and I guess to anyone else in a similar situation

Anyone aware of the bizarre rules that XR Extreme Reach has put in place around not accepting W8-BENs for international talent performing remotely (eg voice actors from Canada or the UK). They seem to… more

If you get laid off for ‘performance’ but you know that’s absolutely not true, how do you still maintain relationships with your former coworkers for networking opportunities down the road? I thought … more

Who works on Gatorade or WNBA? Who thought it was a great idea to run with “let her cook” 😂

What is it like as a creative to work at Accenture? Any first hand experience?

I applied to what seems like the perfect job for me at this stage in my career with Disney Advertising about 2 weeks ago. How long does it normally take hear back about my application? Are there any a… more

Is it normal for your founder/CCO to constantly email the entire agency to like and comment on posts the company puts on instagram?

Please stop saying you “thought through” something when what you really mean is “overcomplicated”

Who worked on “The Talking Phones Podcast”? This is the first ad I’ve naturally stumbled upon this year that made me stop and look. If Google made this in-house I’m going to riot. This reminds me a lot of when Burger… more

If you were the VP of marketing at a company that made a product- let’s say a sporting good or outdoors product, and you were looking for a smaller agency to handle your creative, who would it be? Pre… more

Is there anyone around here (preferably director level) who thinks I should get my MBA?

Creatives and in-house producers: would you rather receive outreach from prod cos, reps, freelance directors or photographers straight to your inbox first OR start in the DMs so you can scope them out… more

Best YouTube videos or podcasts on advertising? Bonus points if Strategy-specific and/or lay a solid groundwork when it comes to core strat tenets and vocabulary.

You killed the creatives, trained the machines on their work, and called it progress. Now show me the f**king results. Show me the case studies. Or admit it: you’re just selling clients the illusion o… more

I wish companies would do their homework and avoid working with agencies that use layoffs as a business strategy to hit their targets instead of actually business success. Layoffs = poor leadership. I… more

I know bonuses went out earlier this year, but are raises being withheld till late summer again? Has anyone received one?

What’s the average salary of an Executive Producer these days? With or without bonus

Omnicom RTO mandate.. is there any flexibility on number of days for employees that work 50+ miles from the office?

What’s your most UNHINGED fail moment, at work or in public? Not a “I spilled a drink on myself”, I’m talking about a soul-leaving-your-body level of embarrassment

Layoffs at FCB New York & FCB Chicago this month.