Being an agency producer feels more and more like a futile job.

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Like a hamster wheel. Scramble, bid, schedule, revise, reschedule, rebid, reschedule, reschedule, revise, revise, …cancel.

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Funny…I was quoting art directors, not clients. Client usually already said no or never asked for any of this, but a AD thinks we can sell it through if it’s cheap enough, or free, or just “way cooler than they can afford”

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