Coming from agency experience, what’s the best advice for making the switch brand side?

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Lower title expectations. As an ACD, consider searching for a Sr or mid level role and it’ll still be a bump in pay. I’ll make 286k this year as a “senior art director”. Made 230k as an “art director”.

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In what state at what company? Dude, teach me.

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Set the boundary immediately that you clock out at 5. Less free overtime is the biggest perk of brand side, but any job will take as many hours as you give them, so don’t offer it.

Also, get really used to hearing dumb ideas, and not taking them personally. You probably used to take direction from a middle person who cut the fat a bit. Now you’ll get requests directly from people whose job has nothing to do with creative, and yet somehow they are the decision maker.

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You’re a creative… dream something up. Otherwise an MBA from an Ivy league school never hurt anyone.

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No. No MBAs needed for creatives. Don’t listen to our snarky rga friend here

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I did this after 12 years of AgencyLife. Best advice I can give without knowing specifics is just be ready for a culture shock. And while your agency experience is a strength, how we operate and approach situations can be a detrimental brand side

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Would like to know more about this, may i dm/connect?

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