I’m a junior copywriter graduating school and completing my internship.
Is one internship, one award, and a moderately good portfolio enough to get a job off the bat? Or shoot for another internship ?

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A good portfolio and not being a total fuckwad will get you into a good place The other stuff doesn’t matter to people who know what they’re doing

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That was exactly my situation when I graduated this last April. One internship, one ADC award, and a decent portfolio from an top rated art and design college. The agency recruited me, but I was applying for both full time at places that we’re looking for juniors, and applied at places where they didn’t have any junior positions open.

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