I went to ad school for copywriting, did a strategy internship after. The company didn’t have allocation to keep me, and I have been struggling to find a new role since. What would you suggest I do?

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Big holding groups always have Jr roles and are desperate for bodies.. since they layoff pp often. Lower pay but easier to get into, at least in my experience. Interview process is typically less rigorous too. They have so many "Junior" and "Associate" and "Coordinator" roles. Try searching "entry-level" under careers at Publicis, WPP, IPG, Omnicom as well. I didn't like the agency world, fyi, but it gave me good early media training.

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Grind kid. Get a busboy gig to buy groceries, and apply for ad gigs during the day.

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Am I coming out of left field trying to go for a junior strategy role? Nearly 3 months of searching is starting to get to me. I am open to community management, social media specialist, and analyst roles ect Though I have been primary looking in Chicago, just started looking into NYC.

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I’m in the same boat as you except I have 1 1/2 years in a junior strat role out of college and although I’ve been laid off, I’m giving this my all and won’t give up to find a position. If you really want to be in strategy just be patient and network like hell. Invite people out to coffee/chat. Don’t be discouraged by your friends who are getting account/PM/creative jobs like crazy. The hiring rate is much higher for those depts especially since there’s more of them. Keep with it and continue to look in NYC, a lot more agencies here. Looks like I’ll have some healthy competition 😉

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