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

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

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

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How’s Havas Chicago these days?

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

Or director level positions

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

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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

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Spring is in 25 days!! 😁☀️🌳

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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

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

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Okay, but seriously, is anyone able to generate leads through LinkedIn? Or is LinkedIn advertising a dead end? I've followed all of the guidelines and best practices but it still feels like I'm throwing money away on LinkedIn ads

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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% :(

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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.

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Anyone have any insight into working at McDonald's?

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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

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

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

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

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Who is the new recruiter at Highdive?

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

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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

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

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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.

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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?

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

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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?

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

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