Big agency with one boring big brand account or a small agency with a bunch of small fun accounts? (Specifically for a JR)

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Which agency has the CDs you want to work for? Find the talent who will help you grow while making good work — especially as a jr.

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Small agency with a bunch of small accounts. Enjoy that as long as you can. Once you come to the dark side of big boring agencies with big boring accounts, your life ends up being…well…boring.

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Small. 100%. Call and take it now.

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Small agency. Definitely. You’ll learn more, do more, create more and your book will show it. 👍🏼

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I worked for an agency with that one boring big brand account.

Yeah, the work may get me into an agency that wants TV experience or experience on a certain industry, but no creative agency is likely to hire me based on the work I did there. Boring brands are that way of unless there’s a shakeup internally.

Take the small agency with the fun accounts. Seems you’ll have better chances of doing work your personality can show through.

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Small agency. I did the big agency boring brand thing and it took me years to rebuild my portfolio.

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Is this a trick question? I think you just answered it.

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