Londoners in Advertising

When do we reckon the job market is gonna open? Need to have a vague date to look forward to 😓

What’s a typical Art Buyer salary?

Things have gone awfully quiet in here... Let’s find something to talk about.

Why is ad Twitter so salty? There seems to be a new dust-up every day.

Seriously no Grey no more? Even if you never wanted to be a digital creative you'll be one, loser.

What’s the UKs obsession with anthropomorphic characters in ads? It’s a bit 70s no? Makes me want to shoot myself. But you can’t even get guns here.

Does anyone even understand the WWF ad? The elephant left Africa and came to London? WTF

Let’s talk about the Christmas ads. What’s your favourite so far? Mine is Greenies. Because it doesn’t feel British. Thank you Canada. Thank you Jeff Low.

How do we get more Londoners into this bowl?

Trump is gone! How we all feeling?

How we all dealing with Rona times??? Hope you all ok 👍

Creative Directors in London: what’re you earning? Please add years of experience and or awards. 👀✊

Anyone looking for a Senior Art Director? Who is hiring right now?

Anyone know what Mcgarrybowen London is like?

NatWest “This Is How We Do It” ad. Controversial question: why does everyone in the industry seem to love this ad so much? I mean it’s ok but I find it really cheesy. Thoughts? Honest question. Link: … more

London parents... is anyone else considering keeping their kids home from school during lockdown 2?

Hi everybody! I was made redundant from the creative agency I worked for and I’m straggling getting any answer from job applications! I’m a graphic designer who can’t wait start designing again for re… more

Anyone who works/has worked at Wunderman Thompson, what do you think of it? Thoughts on creative dept?

seen a bunch of other bowls do zoom drinks/hang outs. would that interest anyone? (maybe the last thing we need is another zoom call, but it's a pretty isolating time so wanted to get your thoug… more

Howdy everyone! Has anyone here ever taken on a freelance project in the US? How did you manage taxes and other legal stuff? I’m London based and will keep being in London when taken on this US projec… more

I’m a European citizen, I don’t currently live in the U.K. but I wanna move there before the transitional Brexit year is over, do I need an immigration lawyer to figure the situation and help with pap… more

Between covid, brexit, and trump, it’s all getting to be a bit much to cope with, isn’t it.

How’s everyone feeling today?

Is everyone else working backbreaking hours? Wondering if it’s a side effect of doing everything over screens, or it’s because we’re picking up extra workload from redundancies. What do you think? I n… more

Looking for jobs in London and your creative salaries are very, very low compared to other markets. Like experienced CDs making the same as entry level creatives in other markets bad. There is such ma… more

Thoughts on Ogilvy?

Any creatives here worked at 4Creative? What’s it like?

Hey Londoners 👋 Does anyone here have experience of working with/for “Because” - Creative experiences and Brand activation agency - based in Richmond? If so, do you mind if pick your brains? Tha… more

I’ve seen a number of job postings for an ACD copywriter at Publicis online recently. But they all seem to be hosted on 3rd party recruitment sites. Can anyone on here from Publicis confirm this job i… more

Interested to know: how nervous do you feel about losing your job during these strange days? And do you feel like your company is taking advantage of that at all, knowing you won’t leave?

how many people in this bowl are in the UK outside of London? follow up, do you see this as a UK bowl or a London bowl? trying to see something

Alternatives to Parasol? Looking for an umbrella company for a short-term freelance job next month. Not looking to set up a sole company as this is more of a quick one-off and I’m finding Parasol to b… more

Looking for a job in london. Any good recruiters, opportunities, or companies? Where do I start? I’ve been spending hours on LinkedIn and applying for quite a few jobs but nothing is happening.