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Planning on moving to London from Toronto within the year and also looking to make the jump from accounts to strat/planning. In NA this switch is pretty common (although I’ve been having some trouble)… more

1, 2, 3. Who is with me? 🙋🏻‍♂️

Hi all, I'm looking to relocate (currently in the US) and wondered if anyone in here knows anything about any studios/agencies that are likely to sponsor visas? Also looking into getting a digital… more

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Can someone please give me the name + contact info of the creative recruiter @ amv bbdo? 🙏 Thank you!!

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I personally know 4 creative teams moving agencies in the next 2 months but then every single person out there will tell me oh the market is dry now and no one is hiring. BS, the market is not dry. Pe… more

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Today I was promoted to CD, which I'm delighted about. I have a meeting on Monday to iron out the details. Any idea how much money I should expect/ask for? I have 13 years total experience in the … more

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Just moved to London but am finding that it’s pretty tough to land something without a creative partner. How does one go about finding a partner as a more senior creative? People mentioned singlecreat… more

So what exactly happened to the worst creative pairing website on the planet (singlecreatives). Don’t get me wrong, I hated that website because it was essentially a cesspool of bottom feeders but it … more

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What’s up with the absolute ghosting when you reach out to recruiters/CDs etc? How much energy does it really take to respond with a simple “sorry, no roles”/“we’re not hiring”/“I’m really busy right now”?

I get t… more

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Morning everyone! What’s Ogilvy London like for creatives? 🙏

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What’s Forever Beta like these days?

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Just saw Campaign published a list of the top 40 UK creative agencies and my question is this.
The UK has 40 agencies?

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How's the vibes in agencies rn for creatives?
I've wasted a year at a place where everything is so slow, and the work is crap. So desperately looking elsewhere

How's the vibes in WK, adam & eve /M… more

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What’s it like at Saatchis at the moment?

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Can anyone help with the going rate for a full-time midweight team? Promoted to the position 2 years ago, no major awards.

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Random question but can anyone recommend a camera supply store, ideally near Islington? Looking for a UV lens filter and the one I ordered online is delayed.

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Any Senior planners who've been in the role for ~2-3 years - what sort of salary is the norm out there?

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Looking for recommendations on black-founded or black-led agencies in London.

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Imagine being Publicis, going through a whole rebrand and then making a typo on your LinkedIn bio 🤦🏻‍♀️

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What's up with ad courses only getting students to make print ads still?

There's obviously a place for them, but I've lost track of how many student books I've seen/critted that just have print ads and maybe … more

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Hello! Recently interviewed at Publicis (believe it went really well!! and is for a client I genuinely look forward to work on), waiting to hear on next steps whilst they interview a couple more appli… more

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Can anyone advise on a client partner salary at OMG or WPP in the UK?

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For a market that makes such a big deal of hiring creatives in teams, you’d think there’d be more resources or avenues to make said teams happen but NOPE. You’re just left yelling into the ether and s… more

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Starting a new gig today after being laid off last November. Not an April Fools' day joke. There's hope 🥹

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Hello!

I’m looking to move to the UK soon and have been applying for Client/Account Services roles at Ad Agencies.

Would love any insights and suggestions about the industry and culture, you can share!

Anyone her… more

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Any designers / ADs here who specialize in verbal identity, branding, logo design, etc? DM me if so—I have a potential project lead!

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Like many people in the ad industry I was made redundant last year. Today I got a message from a member of my old team saying that their new line manager was constantly smashed on cocaine and was irra… more

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Q: have been made redundant after 12 years in house team leading global creative creative, content and strategy.
Worked agency 10 years prior to that. Linkedin and job sites seem to have a number of po… more

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Leo Burnett strategy under Tom Sussman. What’s the culture like? Heard people have been miserable on McDonalds since the other guy left, but then the agency’s winning loads of awards including strateg… more

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What’s it like at BBH, AMV and WK lately?

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Is Ogilvy considered a top agency or kind of meh?

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Is anyone actually getting jobs or even interviews lately? You don’t have to say where or what role but if you did actually get a new job or are actually getting interviews, please let me know because… more

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Strategy directors/ planning directors. Would you be willing to share your salary assuming you’ve been at this level 2–5 years.

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The major players 2023 salary survey has the average junior creative day rate as £250 and the average for ECDs as £500. How in the world is an ECD only getting paid twice what someone straight out of … more

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Why did lucky generals’ CSO leave?

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Hi! Maybe someone has knowledge about joint contracts? Eg creative team?

What happens if one decides to leave / or underperforms? Is the other half is automatically affected?

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