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How would describe a creative directors role to a 6th graders classroom?

Hi! I thought I’d come here for some help on determining what exit opps I should go for that make sense. All suggestions welcome!

Background: 2 YOE in consulting with CPG clients (acted as PM, Testing or Training/OCM Lead) , previous experience in Analytics (SQL, R). Looking for an exit where I can focus on the big picture & the details, own something from start to finish and also be creative (great creative writer, social media content curator, graphic design). Any ideas on best fit?

Recruiter or recruiting firm suggestions when looking for an Art Director position in LA at a creative ad agency?

A friend of mine at Production Company/Creative Agency Creative Blood is looking for a Social Media Editor on a retainer basis.

They are in LA but role can be anywhere!

Dm if interested.

I’m gonna be in a position to build a team soon at a new job, for the first time in my career. There’s a lot of white men in the creative department currently. What can I do to make sure we hire more BIPOC and women?

i just had an excellent review with my supervisors. we are aligned i am ready to be promoted. i will be moving from project manager to senior project manager.

the catch; my company has laid off 75% of its staff, and cut our salaries by 25%.

timing is unclear, since we work in the live entertainment space. what is fair to ask for?

i have 7 years work force experience, am the only one in my position, touch every creative deliverable the agency makes, and updated and streamlined 10+ processes.

After working 15 months on a big project, I was replaced by another creative who finished producing it. Dream client. Dream content. I was never told this was happening. The project just kept rolling on and I was not invited to the meetings. The company recently released the work and everyone is fawning over it. Much of the concept is the same, which I had a key role in. Due to Covid it was packaged differently, but still the same messaging. I’m so angry. but not sure I have the right. 😖

🚨 job alert! 🚨 Looking for a bilingual copywriter (English / Spanish) who can also have a foot in art direction. It’s for an agency in Miami. Position is called “content creator” which entails a digitally led creative who comes up with experiences and social media ideas. Cool agency, cool clients. The main client for this position is pharma but you’ll have access to a bunch of other projects too. Starting remote but need to be in Miami at some point when life is normal again. Hmu!

Have possible exits as a Chief of Staff at a SaaS startup (20M in funding) and as a Strategy Manager at a well known D2C company. Both pay ~125K, though the startup is remote and D2C is in NYC.

Love the creative / fun culture of the D2C, and scared if I’ll measure up to the CEO’s expectations at the startup. I do wonder if the CoS position will demonstrate more growth. Thoughts?

If looking for an Executive level creative role, what should I include in my portfolio (other than the work)? Should I write a lot about the strategy and biz challenges, biz results of each campaign, etc...)? Or is that best left to a conversation? What are the people who hire at that level looking for?

I’m currently working in PR with some awesome alcohol brands at a global level. What advice would you have for moving from PR to a creative, advertising, or brand activation agency/role instead? Where is doing the best work being done with alcohol brands in London at the moment?

Reached out to the talent manager and a creative director via LinkedIn, about an open role I applied for at an agency I’m super interested in. Did this about 3 days ago. Do you think I overstepped? I know that wasn’t super long ago—how long should I wait before following up? Should I follow up by email? Would that even be appropriate? This all may be unnecessary to ask, but I’m an anxious person and this has all been plaguing me the past couple days. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

I'm currently in marketing and work on news but I'm interested in eventually moving on to a more creative role within Google or YouTube. Does anyone have any suggestions on Grow courses I could take or the types of creative roles I should be on the lookout for?

Has anyone pivoted from Consulting to a creative role without a specific experience in the field? Mostly thinking Ad Agencies.. Would an MBA make that pivot possible?

Strategy Directors, advice needed:

What top 3 qualities do you look for when a candidate is from a creative background?

I am an ACD/Copy with some awards (include a gold lion) who also worked as brand/ marketing manager (in different countries), wants to switch career to strategy.

Additionally: What position do you suggest would be more realistic to start with?

Thank you!

What's a realistic path from agency (media or creative) to a product marketing role client side?

Appropriate salary rage for visual designer/creative manager role? 3-5 years@experience or so. Austin. Client side.

Thanks for your help!

If you’re a company looking for a mid-level Editor/Videographer/strong creative sense....what would you use for the Role Title?

How do you deal with a job turning out to not be what was sold to you?

Was brought in to transform the creative output and help evolve it as a whole from a startup to a growing, more established brand. Perfect.

I'm in the role for 8mths and they're always shifting the work to "doing things the old way" which is just crass shitty locker room humour and bagging out competition.

I've been pushing for change, but feel it's going nowhere and I'm at a loss.

HIRING:
Sr. Creative PM - full time
Associate Creative PM - contractor

Internal agency.
Remote.
Agency or client side creative management experience required.
Health industry. Not pharma.
Please message me directly if interested.

Anyone work at group nine media or has experience with them? I’m interviewing with them for a design position and I wanna et a better sense of what to expect w/ company culture, creative team, etc. Would love to hear your experience, thanks!!

Anyone work at group nine media on the creative side or have experience with them? I’m interviewing with them for a design position and I wanna get a better sense of what to expect w/ company culture, creative team, etc. Would love to hear your experience, thanks!!

If you’re a creative who was laid off at Ogilvy Health and are looking, we’re hiring. please private message me for more information.

Every other advertising role interview - you have 5 years? Cool you are hired.

Creative interview - doesn’t seem like you worked at any relevant award winning agencies. How many awards do you have? Is this everything in your portfolio? Can you tell me about projects you are doing outside of work? Will you take a demotion or salary cut to have a chance at award winning work here? We are passionate here, so do you like to work late nights and weekends? Last candidate had a viral application.

I’m applying to a creative position that involves focusing heavily on “customer engagement”.

Any thoughts on how that affects the creative approach? Is it just going to end up being a lot of email and social?

Why is it that whether you’re in agency world, or creative in any capacity, we’re expected to do more work? Longer hours, crazier hours, higher expectations for creatives than any other role. Is it because if you’re not a creative, you don’t understand the insane intricacies of what goes into making great work, so expectations from accounts and clients is too much? Do we do this to ourselves? Are we wired differently? Am I playing victim? Is this reality? Is this our fate? Can’t do this forever.

A while ago someone shared a running total of creative position salaries. It was a google excel sheet and you could look at things by position and location.

Anyone have that link?

Anybody working to exit to something outside of tech?
Maybe to a particular industry? Something creative (art, music, etc)? Other?

Just curious since we see a lot of tech exit wishes...

For how much would you leave a “$100k salary at a stress-free, in-house job that let’s me clock out at 4:30pm with no egos and low bandwidth/creative output” to go chase a high-paced role at an agency? (Or even another in-house job)

So I know droga is a sweatshop for creative. But what’s it like for strategy? My partner is interviewing for a senior comms role there and I don’t know if he should if he values his life.

Any UK people here? Need my ad agency exit strategy. I have 10 years strategy experience in top creative agencies. I just can’t do the hours and pay more. What’s it like out there?