I have over a decade of experience in animation and live-action productions, with skills spanning animation, motion design, visual effects, and live-action shooting, directing, and editing. My career … more

Does having more than 2 internships on my resume deter potential employers from choosing me for a full time position?

Stagwell people, do you like your insurance? I’m based in NY

If a recruiter contact you about a role, but won’t tell you the title or what company, is that sketchy? They want to set up a phone call to chat without sharing any details at all.

Is it normal for me to be writing articles and giant blocks of web copy? It feels like I’m a content writer and it’s a completely different type of writing that I’m not great at. Any advice??

ok i’m just trying to see how much crazy is allowed/encouraged in today’s job market

1) submitted for dReAm RoLe, messaged recruiter
2) got a screener, was great imo!
3) in “the hiring team is reviewing resumes” purgatory for t… more

Getting ghosted by recruiters is one thing. I’m now getting ghosted by my freelance clients.

Follow up emails after a job interview: still a good idea? I feel like once upon a time it was considered good manners and now it’s just one more email clogging someone’s inbox. But I also don’t wanna… more

Any tips inn work assignments for interviews? Yes-I know they suck and it’s another hoop to jump through but I need a job…

Looking to start my job move. Agency names aside, who are the people you would recommend working for? CDs, ECDs, CCOs? Anyone I can learn from. TYIA.

Any book recs on the business side of advertising?

Looking for freelance senior creatives (or team) with solid creative chops but the ability/desire to work within the constraints of direct response (DRTV, direct mail, etc).

What do you think are the best classic ads?

I'm quite partial to Snickers "chefs"

Who made all those pro israel ads? Any money left to make a follow up “Israel please stop pulling us into WW3 ad”?

Is it possible to get a freelance gig as an account person? I know it’s less typical than strategy or creative but hoping there’s a way.

Where’d all the good people go?

I wrote to a CD a few days ago for networking purposes and they very kindly replied right away to say they’d keep my book on file in case something opens up. Not long after that, they posted that thei… more

edelman doesn’t even specify which job you’ve been rejected from working… I’m assuming that’s how they’re run overall?

I’ve made it through the first few interview rounds and am now interviewing directly with the clients. What should I expect? What questions should I ask them?

How do I turn off this “Ask Meta AI anything” on Insta?

Opinions on Kinesso?

So Ogilvy has another new CCO again?

Freelance Producers - why and how did you make the switch to freelance from staff? What have the benefits been? What are the struggles?

Curious...what does one do, when there is no freelance to be had. It's not like you can just take any ole job, like Starbuck's, because as soon as you do, that's when you'll get booked. Or m… more

Are the Movers+Shakers cult allegations legit? Like their tie to that NXIVM cult?

How do you determine a day rate and project rate and how does it differ from your hourly if at all ?

Is anyone in Atlanta Ad Club? Or a similar club in your city? Haven't really networked in person before and wondering if there's value as an employee (ie community building, staying in touch f… more

Has anyone ever boomeranged after 3 months?

Is there any hope things will turn around???

*refreshes gmail*
*refreshes LinkedIn*
*cries*

How long did it take in your career before you won an ad award?

The whole specialization trend makes no sense to me. We need a writer with 8 years working on juice. We need a designer with heavy background in the fintech space. Seems to me all creatives are flexib… more