Media Wizards

If someone works for KWG, how is it there?

Any layoffs?

Are vendors paid on time?

How is management?

Would you recommend anyone to go to work there?

Anything else would be helpful.

Can anybody from Publicis DM me a contact to a talent rep that is hiring for the Mars or Coca Cola account? Would be greatly appreciated.

Who has the lowdown on the Mars pitch?

Anyone hiring programmatic Director or higher?

Posting this here because saying this on LinkedIn would get me labelled “difficult” (see comments)

Anyone hiring programmatic folks? Either brand or agency side

Has anyone ever been “overemployed”? As in worked 2+ jobs simultaneously?

Any senior leaders out there who've survived being "the one who questions things"? Would love to find a mentor who values critical thinking, pragmatism + client impact, but knows how to thrive… more

Always recruit new people, fire staff and let them go within one day. Did not follow the working rule and always delay the salary paid.

Any thoughts on the media department of Razorfish @ Publicis? Culture? Management?

Has anyone used Branchlab for third party audience targeting? And if so did you see good results

Is anyone else applying for full-time jobs only to get into the interview and find that the agency/company wants a freelancer and that it could lead to full-time work?! It feels misleading.

My background is in digital media buying at a large holding company where planning and buying are separate. I’m now interviewing at a boutique agency where roles are more integrated. Any tips for how to position … more

Any insights into the Helen of Troy account (MEDIA) at Monks?

I think agencies need to be a little more wary in the way they treat their employees. Your employees today are your potential clients tomorrow - people aren’t going to forget this.

Any tips on which companies are in-housing media?

Currently a planner buyer at a mid level agency. Tired of the agency scene - would love to do media buying in house, particularly in publishing (love to read, so trying to align my interests). Any rec… more

What’s a relatively cheap ad serving platform that isn’t Google campaign manager and what was the price?

I love this company. The people are wonderful to work with and I am forever grateful to Frank and Rob.
It's an amazing hybrid environment. Employees are #1.
I've worked here for over 20 yea… more

What non-freelance people out here use their own Mac for business as well as personal reasons. Regardless of agency size, I’ve had a company laptop issued issued to me. Now that it looks like I’ll be… more

Paid Advertising Starter Tech Stack

Our small agency that manages public awareness campaigns just secured a sizable advertising budget for a client in the $3-4MM range over 5 months. This buy will be a blend of so… more

Looking for additional POVs around ad servers. With more and more vendors now offering API integrations, there's pressure to reevaluate how we currently use CM360. Do other agencies continue to re… more

I recently interviewed at Jump 450 - what a joke so dont waste your time! The first question is literally a riddle and on the 1st and 2nd interview they refused to tell me who the client was.

so after a little over a year of side gigs, finance pulling funding for roles I landed, etc., it looks like I'm finally landing somewhere permanently 🎉🥳🎊 however, it's on the publisher side… more

Curious - I started an 8 week contract three weeks ago. Things are going great and we’re already talking perm but I didn’t feel like it should immediately be updated. I’ve been in this biz long enough… more

Freelance question: anytime I’ve worked freelance it’s been W-2 but I started a gig today that requested a W-9 instead. Clearly I have plenty of time to figure how this works into filing taxes in A… more

APEX Chicago. What’s the general vibe? What’s the ad community like in the city? Would someone moving from NYC Ad World to Chicago Ad World be miserable?

RE: Thank You Notes

I know the general rule is 24 hour/same day turn around but what if you interview on Friday afternoon? Is it poor form if you send one on Sunday morning? Are you doomed?

What should I do more than applying my resume, sharing my portfolio, attache a cover letter to convince the marketing companies interview me as a video editor? I am tired of this. Applying for more th… more

Anyone heard of Onomark Media?
I have an interview with them later today and I cannot find anything about the company online!

Anyone here have a steady side hustle or only does gig work that is willing to offer tips? What about experience setting up on Fiverr? I know there’s lot of creative work available on there but not s… more

Anyone with a few years of MMM experience looking for a new job? DM me

Hi, I wanted to know the average salaries for a Client Servicing Manager with 2 years of Work Experience.