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What’s your best answer in an interview for favorite current ad?

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I’m a recent grad, so I’ve been interviewing for both internships and junior AD roles. l just got an internship offer at a smaller agency, but I am hoping something full time will pan out soon...do I-

Sending out good vibes to everyone job searching and interviewing today...

Sincerely,
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My experiment of applying to art director jobs outside of New York is proving very successful I'm getting offers to interview for no less than 95k and ahmazing benefits plus relocation.

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Im going to an interview for a junior position at a small ad agency. What kind of questions should I be asking?

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Been a designer/AD for seven years: does it still make sense to list adobe, coding, etc under a "Skills" header on my resume? The adobe stuff is a given no? And mention other stuff in interviews?

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I’ve been interviewing with an agency for the past 8 weeks or so. Tomorrow they’ve set up a call for me to speak to the AD who would potentially be my partner. Any suggestions for questions to ask?

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Ok there has been a lot of chat about this but I have about 5 years experience. About 2/12 of those Art Director and the rest design. How much should I be asking for when applying for jobs. Cont-

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Interviewed for a new role in LA, for a senior AD. I currently make 90k, asked for 110-120, but would take 100. Is that unreasonable?

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Designer Interviewing for a first time Jr. AD role in LA at a larger agency. Was going to ask for 65k I have relatable experience as a designer, 2 bachelors degrees and management exp. Too high ?

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Advice welcomed! Husband was relocated cross country for his in job last year & I took about a year off from ad world, I began interviewing a few months ago and yesterday received an offer

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4 months of shooting out emails, networking and applying for open positions since graduating ad school. Moved countries because I’m broke. Trying again here. Not going to lie. It’s been rough...

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How long is the hiring process for ad agencies? From first interview to decision. Is it normal to last over a month? Thanks!

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Thoughts on applying for jobs as art director/copy pairs opposed to solo.

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I’m currently interviewing for a senior copywriter position that has an exact equal art director position, but the AD position pay range is $20K more. Same experience requirements. Is that normal?

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Fun fact: Started working in-house last year, and every candidate I have interviewed since then wants to get the f#¥% out of the ad agencies so bad. Even people from good shops like Wieden and Droga.

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So my agency is looking for an AD partner for me and have agreed to let me be in the interview. What kind of questions should I ask? Considering I already like their work that is...

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Are hybrids a thing? I have an AD who really wants to be a writer hybrid and is insistent on applying to places as a creative instead of an AD

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Know you’re not supposed to be transparent here, but ad world is more casual than the business world.

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