Hey hey, I am new in town. What’s the deal with Mcgarrybowen NY? Why is everyone telling me it damages resumes? How? 🧐

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There’s something to learn from every experience. Just be able to talk to it. Learning doesn’t make you worse.

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As much as people around here love to base their worth as a creative on the name value of places they’ve worked, the truth is you can probably get a good book piece or two at a lot of “meh” agencies — and a lot of people from “meh” agencies get hired at great ones. But yeah, just don’t stay at mcgarrybowen too long, because it’s mcgarrybowen at the end of the day LOL.

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Oh I know it’s true that it’s possible to get a portfolio piece from bad agencies/accounts. It comes down to what percentage of the assignments have that potential.

And I know some well-meaning fish will reply with the thought that within ANY creative brief is the seed of an amazing solution or opportunity to produce work you’d be proud to show in your book...

BUT we all know that realistically low budgets, tight deadlines, agency politics and client input affect the opportunity.

In a way I think creatives that manage to show good work in their books from agencies/clients with bad reps should get bonus points for threading the needle.

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Are there agencies that damage a resume?

Obviously there are top notch agencies that would help bolster a resume. Are there agencies that tarnish?

I ask specifically about putting a freelance stint at VaynerMedia on mine. I find Gary as obnoxious a blowhard as everyone else, but it helps to fill what would otherwise be a gap.

It’s all subjective, but I think the agencies that do better creative work tend to be more highly regarded by recruiters and vice versa

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