If you're a recruiter and you're interviewing a junior copywriter looking to make the jump to mid at their next role (~2 years experience). I actually have a few things made but I'm not sure what to put in my portfolio. Should I bother putting anything in if it didn't win awards?

I have some social vids/posts that got made for a big brand. There's a very local brand that I wrote a full 360 campaign that I like very much but I worry it doesn't have the name recognition for LA/NY

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It’s not about how big the brand is, it’s about the ideas.

If you think your work has strong ideas and is well executed, put it in your book.

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DO NOT justify putting or not putting work in your portfolio based on awards. Put the type of things in your book that you want to keep making.

Personally, I love making comedic advertising and projects that involve new technologies. So those are the things I choose to put in my book.

Also, you’re still junior/midlevel. It’s ok to keep making spec campaigns and adding them to your book.

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This is great advice. Put what you’d like to make in your book. Awards matter but they’re only as good as yourcontributions. Be honest about your contributions. I’ve seen many creatives write “award-winning checks”that they’re skills couldn’t cash.

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Ask a couple of your ad friends who have good taste and ask what they think. That should help you whittle it down. I show my new projects to my friends all the time to help me figure out what to include on my site.

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Interesting work over award winning work esp at more junior levels. If it’s interesting work that win an award even better. Most professional award winning work is curated/crafted with awards in mind anyway

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