Has anyone had a good experience in your career progressing from larger agencies to having senior roles at smaller agencies? I've worked at large NYC and LA creative shops, and now many years into my career, I've had more opportunities at smaller/regional agencies. At first, they welcome your experience with bigger clients and campaigns, but soon enough they want you to align with "how we do things around here" and "we know better" even if their approach has not been particularly successful.

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Sure - I spent 1.5 years at a boutique after 10 years at a large HC. I was brought in as a VP -
well above people who had been there since day 1 [and many significantly older than me].

I aligned with my boss and half about the agency that wanted to move the agency forward. I learned quickly who my allies were. To your point - yeah - a handful of people were of the mindset “we’ve always done it this way”

Remember why you’re there. Remember it’s just a job. Remember part of why you were hired is the outside thinking.

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I'm curious if others have had similar experiences, and how they've approached them.

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