Graphic Designer / Creative Director - Anyone have tips on portfolio and job seeking? I don’t think my portfolio is my best work. It’s the work I get paid to do. What do you think I need to do to get … more

Is Paris a good city for creatives?

i’ve just been contacted by a recruiter for a CD position inhouse for a Cosmetic company. About 6 months ago I freelanced for their AOR, who asked that I attend a meeting, and pretend to be a CD ther… more

Anyone contracting with Aquent that's working with Nike?

New York mid creative salaries?

At what age would you like to retire?

Advice for how to start getting things in motion to move back to NY and get a job next month after taking a year off?

Last campaign pre-break won awards and have good agencies on the resum… more

What do you all think about juniors using big campaigns they barely touched for their portfolios? Should it be explicit what exactly the role entailed? Ex. one social media extension. or is being part… more

Is it normal for a UX designer after receiving edits from management to hand sketch files to a senior graphic designer to create high fidelity comps with a simple "good luck"? Or is it the U… more

Doesn’t everyone think they’re above average or are there people who actually think that they’re not as good as others? (Specifically in terms of advertising and for creatives)

Okay so for … more

What’s good about this job?

Whose hiring remote freelance senior digital designers right now?

I need some advice. I was a freelance photographer for the past 8 years- commercial & art direction. I currently work in house & my title is “Marketing Associate.” A title that doesn’t fit my … more

Money question; what would be a good price per hour for a freelance senior Art Director in NYC with over 10 years of international experience? Thanks!

Trying to get a feel of what the salaries are for mid-weight writers in the UK. Can you pls share what you’re getting (or used to get) as a mid-weight creative?

anyone know of any open jr jobs? been applying and networking like crazy with no avail 😅

This is so random - what is the perfume i swear every stylist is wearing on set??

Junior here. If a CD says, "...Play stupid games, win stupid prizes" and walks away, what on Earth do they mean??? I wanted to ask them directly but I don't want to look stupid. Help!

Coworkers have this chat going as we navigate this big project. But there are times where they’re just chatting about life, TV, etc until 11pm. So I’ll have this steady chiming/buzzing on my phone. Na… more

Has anyone working at an agency that does "summer hours" (ie we close at 3 on a Friday, go enjoy the sun) actually stopped working at 3 on a Friday and enjoyed the sun?

Alrighty folks, need to know if I’m being underpaid or not. This is my first role as a CD, but I have years of mgmt experience. I’ve been here 8 months. I have a team of 7 that roll up through the art… more

Anyone ever worked with/on the brand and creative team at Spotify? Pros and cons, please and thanks.

Would you take this pay cut? Re-orging the marketing team. I’m the CD. Manage 2 designers, jr and sr. Been here 6 years. We want to split the team into branches and hire someone more senior than me to… more

Any good Canadian Marketing or client side hiring Senior designers with Design, UX, MOTION and print knowledge? 🙂

I've decided to move on to other adventures and really looking to work… more

I’ve been partnerless at my agency for a while now. My boss says they are being very picky and looking for a great candidate. I’m starting to notice I’m on less and less briefs and I think it’s becaus… more

Which Nathan Fielder business ideas deserve Cannes Lions?

How would you prefer an ex-colleague or alumni classmate to reach out to you informing that they're looking for new opportunities? Email, LinkedIn, text?

Working on a painful shoot. Feeling like giving up and giving the clients exactly what they want then just enjoying the overseas shoot. How do you keep fighting?

Was Director of Marketing, but for the past two years, marketing is gone by the way side as an after thought and I’m more involved in the development of the product and the customer service side… same… more

Have a client on the side who’s head of marketing and wants me to travel 2-4 days to see and audit their business operations so that I can provide creative consultation in all fronts, but mostly socia… more

Dear Artists of advertising, I see you.

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Had two meetings canceled today a minute after they were to have begun.

If we're anonymous on here, what's the point of signaling your former agency or company in your title?

Bagged 2 scholarships from OCAD and Vancouver Film School. I'm a Graphic designer s 8 years exp.
Finished UX certification and completed 2 full shopify websites. 🙂

Looking for web… more

any advice for making the jump to in-house? Most of my network is relevant to the agency world so i am anticipating not knowing anyone in-house as a barrier. Most of my experience is in social and I’m… more

How many years did you have under your belt before you became Senior?

Not me literally getting so overwhelmed and flustered by an internal CASE STUDY today 🙃