Friendly reminder to my account peeps: stand up for and support your creative team! be their ally, don't become the client's yes-man/woman!

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Wouldn't it more or less be "we work together?" With an attitude mandating that people work for you, no account executive is going to respect you.

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No, SAD1, we ALL work for the client, actually, and have been hired to support their business and service them

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I always like to remind them "you work for us, not them. "

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Yes, which is besides my counter point to SAD1 and other creative folks who don't get what I'm saying and wonder why they're in conflict with the world, LOL

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☝️ yes but supporting their business and doing what they want alllll the time are not the same thing. a good account person knows the difference.

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