I’m in a bit of a pickle. It seems that my somewhat new job (6 mos) as a DD consists of sitting on calls all day listening to my CD give feedback to our team and field all questions/inputs on client calls. However, I’m also not allowed to touch the design work or creative process at all or I get my hand slapped for interfering w/ scope.

So, if I don’t have autonomy in leading the creative, but I also can’t touch the work itself…then wtf is my job? Feeling bored, aimless, and (?) in my role. 😞

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This sounds bizarre. I sometimes see badly structured agencies asking DDs to clean up decks (which is also bizarre) but not letting you design? Why did they hire you then?? Do you have a Head of Design or CCO to talk to to clarify your role in these projects?

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Design directors direct design. If you’re not allowed to shape or do the work you’re not acting as a design director. Fix that

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Genuinely would love any advice on how I could go about creating this kind of change. The unfortunate thing is that my leaders at the top haven’t been in many other agency environments in their career, so to them this structure is normal. How do I influence change when the leaders above me might not see the problem? When I interviewed originally, this wasn’t something I could foresee dealing with.

Work with the CD to change this, allowing them to operate with great scale (ie they work wider while you work deep). Find a project to experiment with the approach. Co-design the "how and when" to gather their input with them. This way they are still connected and know what to expect. Use this experience to optimize the approach for the next go round as expand the model to other projects/pillars of the business/account. And presumably they can expand to othe brands/relationships if they exist.

You have to initiate it the convo. This includes establishing the value of doing this ie what's in it for them and the agency. The present an initial idea about what it looks like and get their feedback

Are the checks clearing?

Barely lol

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