Creative Directors

Proud to say I kept the promise that I made to myself when I was a junior. To basically be the exact opposite of my least favorite CDs. So far, so good.

What you said: “And if you think of any other ideas…”

What I heard: “Nice work. Pencils down.”

If you’re responding to an RFP, traditional, old school, best practices say to build your doc at 8 1/2x11 for easy printing, carrying and legibility. But now is 1080x1920 the go to because less recipi… more

It’s time for a new social. Bet you have all had ideas get killed by the client on this topic.
Social media full reset, what would you want it to be?

Have any of you sort of lied about your abilities to be ACD or CD before you got the job and just learned on the job?

I’m a CD/Copy. My agency merged with another and now I’m leading a group along with 2 Art CDs, my previous partner of one year, and a new person from the other agency who didn’t have a copy partner. H… more

"Getting In" to Advertising from PR?

I'm A CD at a (small but known-ish) PR shop. I do ad agency things every day, but I am not completely "in" the ad world bubble, I feel. Just beside it.<… more

Looking for an AD partner. CD level that must have legit comedy experience. Dm me.

I work at a mid-size agency and manage a team of 10 copywriters. Business is down — not catastrophically so, but enough that I anticipate layoffs are very possible in the next couple months. I haven’t… more

I reached the CD level at a company I joined as a junior. I've been there for 10+ years and am battling self-doubt about leaving and performing at a new place. Anyone else battle those inner demon… more

A little rant here. If you're a Creative leader at an agency, a GCD, a CD...anyone who provides feedback. Just a reminder — you are not that professor from Whiplash and this ain't the early 20… more

I’ve had a long and successful career. I love my work and have been able to mix expertise in process strategy as well as creative leadership in all aspects of healthcare. I’ve had great success at eac… more

What do people on the bowl think about the marketing efforts of Beetlejuice coming back? The article says that their idea was to think far beyond obvious brand-partnership categories. I feel like a soda p… more

Any good senior-level, SVP and above recruiters out there you'd recommend? I need to explore options and senior positions aren't ever posted.

Feel like I know the likely answer here, but curious to hear opinions.

I’ve made work that I’m proud of but more because of the results/performance and/or challenges to get it live - I haven’t won any major award… more

What's a good team outing idea? Don't want to repeat the same old theme park/movie/restaurant idea I've been rolling with for the past couple of years.

How often do you get trapped in the awards frenzy? A couple of campaigns we thought were great didn't win any awards and I know my team still feels bad about it. They've moved on and doing the… more

Have a senior designer who’s joined. Has been offered CD role in their old agency but felt they weren’t ready for the jump. Seem to struggling with me being above them and my impression is they don’t… more