Best and worst ECDs you’ve ever worked with?

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It’s so easy to take shots at people. How about we celebrate people who’ve inspired us and helped us grow? Do we need to call out people who are “the worst?”

ECD is a harder job than most people even imagine. The things that make you successful as a creative, and the things that make you successful as a creative director, are not the things that make you successful as an ECD.

Most of us are doing our very best, we care about our people, we care about the work, and we try to create an environment of inspiration and engagement. But I gotta tell you, it’s a hell of a lot harder than I thought it would be.

So I hope that people recognize how hard I work to inspire, to lead, to drive growth, to improve the skills of everyone around me.

But I also know there are people that I’ve held accountable, people who weren’t pulling their weight, people who were promoted beyond their skills, who I had to deal with who would say that I was the worst.

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Doesn’t mean that it isn’t hilariously convenient for you to pull the “go easy, it’s a hard job” card.

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Was that the sound of hundreds of sphincters contracting in unison?

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JE es mucho difícil

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DM me and I’ll spill the ☕️

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MR. been relegated to pharma now so she can’t do any more damage

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Please help me with right approach and save my soul.

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Hi there!!

🥰🥰
I just want to say that I'm queer and married, in a Cis-hetero passing relationship 🤭

Do we have to talk about dating like all the time?

Can't we talk about other stuff? Like promoting THE AGENDA (jk)

No, but FR let's talk about being open and accepted in the workplace? How did you do that? How (un) friendly is the work environment?

Thankyaaaaaaaalll 😘😘😘

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