The Johnson Group Discussions

Working parents in the ad business - how are you all doing? How’s the overall stress level and mental health these days?

Tired: Forgetting your headphones at home and not having any for your open-plan office for the day.

Wired: Playing metal on your speakers anyway.

Touch week at SapFish. Anyone impacted?

What is your routine when you first sit down at your desk in the morning?

When an agency is about to hire you as a creative lead but without seeing your book to find out what you had done in your career, is that a red flag to you as a creative?

Does anyone else build decks in their head instead of counting sheep when trying to fall asleep?

Anyone know what the ad/design scene is like in Colorado?

Confession: I'm a new mom traveling and nursing my baby (pumping at work). I'm starting to think the reason I still nurse is to leave the 20 person conf room and go sit in a quiet room for 20 mins.

Books or websites to learn more about social media strategy, community management, and smart decision making for social?

How do you guys solve for voice and tone when you can't agree with stakeholders on what a "young, engaging" tone sounds like? Having issues pushing forward a project

Hi! What would you say the average salary for a first year Art Director would be? My role would go from Production Designer (first job out of college) to Art Director. Thanks!

Dentsu peeps, anybody received bonus yet or notice of a bonus?

Came up with an idea in an agency brainstorm, even who the influencer should be. Now it’s being executed, but I’m not working on it. Weird if I put it in my book? Maybe as just the one who came up with it?

Creative Director: “Craft and storytelling will always be fundamental in this industry.”

Same Creative Director: “So they flip the Yoplait Yogurt cup on Tiktok as a...challenge? Sure, why not if the kids are doing it. But what’s the hashtag?”

Microdosing while WFH: Stories, advice, warnings?

Seen many posts about "The Many", just wondering how many people actually like it there and how many of it is just vacancies from many people leaving.

Many thanks.

God gives his toughest briefs to his best creatives 😌

If you have majority real campaigns - Should you mark something as student/spec work in your book especially if it looks real?

Curious as to how many people in/around the NYC area are now exploring buying an “escape” home upstate/poconos/etc.

If so, where exactly?

Can anyone recommend any great presentation training companies/facilitators?

SALARY CHECK - what is the base salary for SIP consultant at ZS London office?

Does McKinsey and BCG go for external hires for the “Principal” role (level below MD/Partner) Or is everyone home grown at this level.

Brand planners, how much time do you typically get when you’re on a new account writing a brief for a new integrated campaign? Do you find yourself having to negotiate/push back with account folks so you have the time to do it properly? Curious with shortening timelines these days how long you all have to think about a brand brief.

Can I use design tasks as a project brief and work on my portfolio? I’m working on my portfolio and have design tasks shared by 2 companies through my friends. Can I work on these tasks as projects and add it in my portfolio?

Can anyone suggest a good therapist in dt Toronto for someone in their 20s?

I feel like I've been living under a rock for ~5 yrs. I was happy and blowing off money with the thinking that I'll start saving once I start earning more.

Just realised that could've started early. I'm in mid 20s and thinking about investment. Tried watching YouTube videos. But I have pretty basic questions :
1. Where do I even start?
2. What %age of income should I invest?

I hope I'm not late.

Latinx - help! We used this term in our diversity spotlight discussing Hispanic Heritage Month. One individual said that in English a group of Latinos would just be Latins to be gender neutral. I understand the word is controversial but is “Latins” grammatically correct? I assume we should just say Latin Americans, but trying to understand if Latins is also accurate.

Is there a definitive guide to cost of living? The obvious cost of living centers (SF, NYC, LA etc.) get covered a lot, but I’m wondering where my city falls. It’s a modest Midwest city with ~100k residents but is a relatively touristy spot. It often feels like a MCOL area but I’m not sure how to adequately judge that, and it would be helpful to know when comparing salaries and the like.

27M Syed Sunni Indian. Born in 🇦🇺 , 🇺🇸 for ~20 yrs - Boston based (dual citizen) . Can cook and clean, athletic (when I want to be). Sometimes smart but mostly dumb. Prays / fasts but also likes Drake

Are any other paralegals struggling with billable hour requirements? I have 5 years of experience in corporate transactions, M&A, and real estate work, and have never had billable hour requirements. I'm in a new job now where I do and I'm nowhere near meeting them. I'm getting a lot more admin work than billable work, and it's stressing me out.

I currently work in Private (GA) Aviation & have for some time (about 12 years) I’m currently making the switch to the Department of Aviation and am unsure if I should ditch my current job (in private) and go full force with the DOA & embrace this new opportunity educationally and gather as much experience as I can or keep both jobs even though I’d be working 80hr weeks.. I love the private world but am really ready to move up. I don’t know what I should do. Any suggestions?

Anyone have good ideas of some exit ops if I have worked 3 years tax then 2 years audit?

Anyone joined IBM GBS recently... what are the contents in the welcome kit/ goodies?..which brand laptop are they sending?

I’m a junior in big law and in the short time I’ve been here, I’ve noticed that counsels produce perfect drafts and yet aren’t partners but partners can’t write two sentences without numerous typos. Shouldn’t counsels be partners and partners counsels instead?

Welp! Finally got the axe today too. I didn’t even get to talk to my manager. One of the execs I support told me he’s very sorry and I was great, etc etc, but it couldn’t be avoided. Whatever. I kind of never want to work again. I’m heartbroken.

Simultaneously leading a Logfire and an EBS WMS project. Pray for me.

Hi ladies! My doctor has recommended I increase my folate intake in addition to taking prenatals. Any recommendations?

Pros / cons working on a launch?