If you‘re starting out as a fresh copywriter in a top-tier agency, how do you make yourself valuable to the team?

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jump in where needed.
don’t be a jerk.
get better everyday.

opportunities will come.

repeat. repeat. repeat.

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Writers gotta write. Always have ideas, even if they’re bad. Always listen to feedback, even if it’s bad. Always show up. Always try hard.

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Provide lots of options. Think ahead. Never complain. Ask gently for opportunities and when they’re given, make sure you’re prepared. Have a positive attitude and don’t be precious if your ideas are killed...

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Don't be a jerk and work your butt off.

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Never try to "be valuable to the team", aim to do things which are valued, and you will be valuable.

Change the question, change the answer.

You're a copywriter, you'd get that. :)

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Be the ball. Then be the hoop. Then be a low level employee for a really long time, because capitalism. Then, if white and male, be in charge of interns for a really long time. Then get disgruntled because ageism at 39 and go client side and work 39 hours a week. Or something.

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