Have any strategists here made the switch to the creative side? I’ve been thinking about exploring copywriting. I enjoy strategy, but sometimes I wish the work felt more tangible and visible. Curious to hear how others have navigated that shift.

I got an offer for senior Salesforce associate for support project. The skill set mentioned was LWC, apex and configuration. Wanted to understand how the work will be for Salesforce support in PWC.

What's the most that you would pay for an off the rack suit?

I just want to be best friends with every single person on this app. Thanks for the continuous laughs and entertainment.

Favorite summer destination: The Hamptons or Nantucket?

I have got excellence review as "Highly Valuable".
What percent of hike i can expect with this review.

Dear Clients,

Stop read-receipting me.

Sincerely,
Annoyed

UGH I need to get to NYC next year , just feeling stuck.

Any freshers hired by harman in 2022?
If so what is the ctc they have offered you?

Is it okay to join a new team and say "I expect your Support to myself" when you know you're not joining as a lead to the team.??

Thoughts on buying a house now? Lease is up in January. Can finally afford to buy. But would it be better to wait until next year in case of recession -> foreclosure market -> better deals? WDYT

Hi Fishes, Need advise.. what will be fair deal to demand the package from 2nd company when holding offer from 1st company for 16 LPA Fixed.
Negotiation with 2nd company scheduled this week.
Pls note:
Industry: Banking & Finance
CCTC: 10.5 LPA Fixed
YOE: 8yrs (2 Years in Banking & 6 Years in Market Research)
Tech Stack: Data Analysis/SQl/Tableau/Spark/Alteryx

Hi Fishes,

How much to expect from Telstra, for 7.5 yrs of experience, CTC - 18 lpa, tech- pytest python

Please advice

TIA

Do uplers give salaries as they advertise?
Ex 2000$ per month?

Hello,
Why there is so much of hatred towards Kyndrl all over . Is it really such a bad company .

Hello All - looking for links, resources , samples on interview prep/practice for sales , account management, partner management, practice management at FAANG companies like amazon, google, microsoft

What value do brand strategy consultancies like Siegel+Gale, Landor, Interbrand, etc bring to the table? Doesn't what ultimately get implemented by ad agencies primarily influence the brand strategy?

Influencer Marketing remains a black box in the business. In y’all’s opinion; Who are the key players in the influencer space?! Agencies, tech companies and private companies? I want to follow companies who are doing it big and correctly

Have any strategists made the move over to consulting or client-side as a brand manager? Curious about your experience/why you made the move...

At what point do you feel it is necessary to trademark a product or new tagline?

What have you found most helpful in training up a very green junior brand planner or junior strategist? Any particular trainings or resources that are great at teaching foundational skills? I’ll be pulling them into projects and teaching through doing but I need some assistance in building up their core skills/training the strategy muscle.

Any good examples of mid-level resumes?

Has anyone ever worked with Mark Pollard or Julian Cole? Are they as great as they seem?

Anyone work at Instrument’s PDX office? Just applied for the Senior Strategist position. Have both UX and Brand experience. What’s it like to work there? Looking to move back to the PNW!

If some of the key creative leaders in your agency are actively advocating against recommending our clients take action for George Floyd or Black Lives Matter, what would you recommend doing?

How would you define "strategy” in one sentence?

What’s the going hourly rate for freelance consulting on Brand Positioning work in San Francisco?

Starting to think about making the switch from agency to brand side. Any tips from strategists who have already made the jump? And is there a level at which it makes the most sense (i.e. should I wait until I make Director and then make the switch, or does it not really matter)?

What’s is like going from social strategy to brand strategy? Advice for making that career jump?

Anyone have a recommendation for a research firm that specializes in teen recruitment for focus groups? Don’t need full service offering, just the recruit. Appreciate any help.

Anyone have any good diversity training resources?

Do you drink at holiday parties? This is the first company I've worked for that does a real holiday party and I'm kind of anxious about letting my guard down around my co-workers like that...

What’s the word on Ace Metrix? Pros, cons? Every tool has them. More and more of my clients are using it... both for creative pre testing and measurement.

Has anyone worked at a smaller branding agency? Would love to switch from big agency to actually creating brands but not sure how to start there.

Amazon should act as Santa during the holidays and deliver one gift fully wrapped from your wish list for free every year to everyone with Prime just to say thank you for choosing us. Bad idea or good

Planning director vs strategy director. Whats the diff? Is there a diff?

I feel like a planning director wouldnt know how to manage digital strgy while a strgy dir would be much more well rounded