For a person working in a big-ish agency, I'm aware that there are a lot going on that I'm not put on. However, I don't deal with this well as I'm super insecure that someone is... Cont

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...working on a better project than myself. Like if someone was working on a superbowl ad or a clear award winning idea. I have this desperate need to get myself on it somehow. I know this sounds terrible and I'm fully aware of it but have no idea what to do.

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Raise your hand and tell resourcing you want to be on these sorts of projects. Do proactive projects and bring them to your CD. You probably wont be put on Super bowl ads right away but you might get some of the award projects

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Focus on making your own projects into a bigger thing. And when you know there’s going to be a big campaign or super bowl ad coming in, ask to be put on it from the beginning. Being a side note on someone else’s big idea isn’t going to get you where you want to go.

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