Londoners in Advertising

Anyone know of any casual networking events for strats in London?

Any jobs that aren’t “strategy director”? Asking for a midweight (myself 🙃)

I’ve come back from an extended mat leave and messaged recruiters I’m available for freelance strategy work, ideally part-time. It’s been crickets. Is it just a bad time of year? Is the market doing b… more

Uncommon London peeps, what’s the vibe like there? Have heard the sweatshop talk, but I wonder if it’s really any worse than anywhere else. If so, is it worth it for the work?

Croud Control and Born Social — anyone done any freelance work for them?

Come on let’s talk Christmas. What’s winning for everyone?

Is KesselsKramer London still a thing? Their companies house says it’s in liquidation

Creative to client side, who has done it and how?

Often when I hear of people going clientside it's usually account managers or producers, or people with generally more transferable , objectively measurable skills.<… more

Honest question from a female creative: is “we need to hire a woman” still an actual thing agencies say out loud in 2025, or has that ship kind of sailed?

Are creative portfolios just Google Slides decks now?

I’m getting sent more and more of them and think it’s kinda smart. This whole job is decks anyways.

Is it time to stop paying for Cargo? It certain… more

Is there a market for part-time freelancers?

What’s an average day rate for a snr. creative ?

Anyone here worked at AKQA in the last 5 years and open to sharing their experience of the interview process? What kind of culture fit are they looking for?

Can anyone share their experience moving from mid weight copywriter to senior copywriter?

What case did you put forward to get the promotion and what salary increase did you ask for?

I’m positioning m… more

Salary for a Senior Copywriter in London?

Why did uncommon’s cco leave?

With so much anxiety and stress right now in the Industry - I’ve just finished a book called ‘Agency Tales’. It’s a bunch of short stories around agency life. It’s amazing and will raise a smile durin… more

Does anyone know what is the average starting salary for a midweight is, large shop?

Where are people finding art/copy creative partners these days?

What’s your agency’s biggest unwritten rule?

shall we do some more salary transparency?

title, years experience, wage?

🕳️ i’ll go second so i don’t feel like yelling into the void 🕳️

Is working at Uncommon as chaotic as I hear it is?

Relocating from the US. What trade publications do people read to keep up with the industry? I know what’s out there but not necessarily what is actually consumed.

UK ECD salaries, spill. I’ll start: £170k

Why did my post asking about salaries get deleted? Is that banned?

Strategy directors in London, what are you earning? Thinking of moving back the the UK from NYC and want to manage my expectations salary-rise (I have about 8 years experience). And how does the job m… more

Anyone here working at Kinesso London? I want to understand what workload and culture looks like there currently. With the merger with omg incoming, do we expect roles to be made redundant?

Any ex inde… more

Do job opportunities exist anymore?

Apparently, there've been more redundancies at Saatchi & Saatchi. Does anyone know what's going on?

Is there anywhere to see the credits for a shortlisted Cannes submission? Thanks

Trotty, Arden, Webster, Abbott, Hegarty. What happen to London advertising? Is there anyone in this industry like this anymore?

Anyone in London looking for a partner? Art Director with 5+ years agency experience. Some big name agencies, work recognition in Adweek, Hypebeast, Forbes, The Drum etc. If you’re a writer, give me a… more

Any other creative teams finding the job market horrendous right now? Like seriously, where are all the jobs at?

Any arch-raising thoughts on Leo’s deputy cso leaving?

Wow this bowl is off the hook

Which freelance platform to folks use now please and thank you.

Anyone used the Genie (MeetGenie) app for freelance jobs? It used to work well a few years ago but now nothing happens on it?