Brand Side

We got the word today that management has decided they want all of us back in office full time starting January 6th. The contract I signed when I was hired says this is a remote position, should I fig… more

I work in-house in strategy and insight, and a recurring issue is scope creep in projects. Stakeholders often expand the scope without extending timelines or providing additional resources. Despite my… more

Does anyone work with a brand that has a mascot, that's not a sports team or kids cereal brand? I have a new client, a plumbing company, that has a mascot and I'm not sure a plumbing company n… more

Curious…..who are your top 10 production companies that you always reach out to, or want to work with?

With the current political climate, I’ve noticed a few big brands (like Southwest and Walmart) recently scrapping their DEI programs. I’m curious, is this a return to the old days when diverse directo… more

Department of Shark-Jumping Job Titles

Director of Digital Excellence

How do you answer the question of “What is your leadership style” in your interviews?

What are everyone's thoughts on Bluesky? I'm between, this is just the newest SM fad that will die out in a few weeks and this is actually the next big thing that will completely replace sites… more

Hi! I’m agency side at the moment. From your experience and personal opinion, is brand side better than agency side? Do you feel like there’s more stability and more growth opportunities?

What are everyone's thoughts on "work" selfies? I work with a woman who has become obsessed with taking selfies at work and posting them to her socials... I don't get itand I would … more

Ghost jobs out of control. As someone who has been casually looking for awhile I’ve see some of the companies I have alerts for and/or applied to repost the same job over and over for well over a year… more

Anyone feeling like they want to roast a portfolio? I’m trying to get back to brand side after annaldeady too long stint at an agency.

Anyone with experience / advice on pivoting from a creative leadership role to marketing / comms role? I see lots of account mgmt types going to be marketing directors but not as much from creative

Hiring managers on the marketing side: do you prefer to see marketing portfolio link from applicants?

Anyone know details about the in house or agency creative teams that work at P&G or Kroger?

Anyone who’s leading an internal creative team experience this? So my team is almost all strictly folks who’ve never worked in an agency before. They are frankly spoiled with how stable it is. 9-5, ev… more

How did everyone get into the branding/marketing field? Did you study marketing in college? I went to school for Communications and the only work I could find after school was in digital marketing and… more

How does ATS work? Does it identify use of ChatGPT if I use it for grammar check?

Recently laid off due to business loss, on a work visa with limited time window to land a new role/visa. 14+ years international experience in brand strategy and product marketing at agencies, working… more

Laid off on a visa. Should I trade my PTO days to stay longer in the country to look for work, or take the PTO pay and leave the US and head back to Canada once my grace period is up? Have enough savi… more

Any mentors available from Brand Managers in this bowl?

I recently accepted a job out of desperation after searching for a long time. It's in-house at a brand as a mid-senior level creative which I am overqualified for (there is no CD position current… more

Brand managers, what skills do you require as hiring managers to hire someone coming from agency side? I’ve been trying to get past resume stage but it’s been tough :(