Chicago Advertising

So Leo Chicago and Havas have no CCO. DDB and Energy BBDO has no CEO. Wtf is up with this city?

What’s the typical salary range for these roles at your Chicago agency?
- SAE/SAM
- AS
- GAS/AAD

Anyone know who the creative lead at Dentsu Chicago is these days?

How’s Havas Chicago these days?

What is a typical salary for a new business director position?

Or director level positions

Ok, so are any places in Chicago that genuinely don’t suck to work at? Like people are excited to come to work? Anyone?

Emerging from my chrysalis as a beautiful networking butterfly. DM me if you need a Sr. CW to go freak mode and make some fun stuff. Lots of integrated experience. Stuck in a below the line deal atm �… more

Has anyone restored to using AI tools to create digital ads or "help" with copy? I keep seeing more and more of these services and I can't imagine there would be this many services if pe… more

Freelancers, which agencies require you to work on-site? Hybrid or all five days?

Are the resume ATS score sites reliable? seems like no matter how many times i change up my resume or what kind of template i use, my score is always 50% :(

I’m new in town from NYC and having a tough time scoring interviews for Account roles. Anybody have any leads? I have 10+ years experience across different categories.

Anyone have any insight into working at McDonald's?

Making 56k in Milwaukee as an Art Director with 5 years of experience. I won't even ask if I am underpaid because I know I am. What range seems more accurate for my position and YOE?

I moved from … more

Can we start a list of agencies in the Chicago suburbs? Would be a great resource for people facing RTO mandates that don't want to commute to the city.

Is there any value in advertising on Twitter these days? What kind of results is everyone seeing for B2B clients?

Creative directors: What makes you choose to work with an external animatics studio versus handling previsualization in-house or using AI tools? Would love to hear your decision-making process.

Do we think DDB is gonna be folded into FCB? This merger really leaves a lot of things up in the air

Hey there -- hoping to make the leap to a local in-house marketing team. Besides the usual whirlpool/pepsi/coors/walgreens/allstate, which companies have marketing teams based in Chicago? Hoping we can just amass… more

Best independent agencies in town? Doing fun work, pay well and have a little WLB?

What does a CD without awards (but with a big heart!) make? Staff role on a CPG at a holding company agency? $210k?

Anyone know of any good chicago headhunters for creatives who will actually bring jobs to you?

Who is the new recruiter at Highdive?

Thinking about all those affected by FCB layoffs today. I’m so sorry.

Real talk: How are you handling client feedback loops when using Midjourney/Sora for storyboards? Finding myself in endless 'just one more tweak' cycles because the AI makes quick changes too … more

RIP DDB 😔. We’re running out of agencies in Chicago.

What clients does Ogilvy have/what kind of work do they do in Chicago?

Their website just shows all of the global work, so it’s hard to tell from the outside.

DDB Chicaho has been looking for a CD/CW for a long time. What do we think they are looking for? Someone w loads of awards?

Did anybody actually get hired for that Havas freelance gig? Or was it just to collect books for later?

Which agency pays better/has better WLB? Omnicom or Plan B? I'm interviewing with these agencies and I'm not sure which one I should be focusing more on?

What’s the DL on FCB? Good place to work as a new grad?