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I’ve worked at an internal agency for about five years, and I think outsiders underestimate the amount of institutional knowledge that internal creatives build up over time. There is often less turnover than at external agencies, so what is second nature regarding the subject matter to internal teams that have been there for 2, 5, 10 years is not something that the average creative should be expected to know. All that to say - don’t be so hard on yourself! It will take time to learn. Put together a cheat sheet to note some industry-specific edits, acronyms the company uses, and key SME’s that you can refer back to.
More context: Joining as a contractor, almost every single person on my team/at this company has started that way and then signed for FTE. I think I just want to do a great job and really show I know what I'm doing. I'm overly critical of myself.