Interviews with CSO and HR went really well but unable to hire due to $. Should I drop them a potential strat deck on 1 of their main accounts to show how much I want to be part of their team/agency?

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If they don’t have the money you better take your brain elsewhere. If this is an excuse because they don’t want you then you’ll be giving away work for free. As a general rule, don’t do existing client work at interviews

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Nope

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That won't change the 💰

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Sounds like someone that wants to be negotiated down...

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I think an abridged / teaser version of the work could be a good leave-behind so they know where / how to level you when budgets open back up. I wouldn’t give them everything.

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thanks VP3. appreciate this!

No. No free work. Respect yourself. Stay in touch and in good terms for better opportunities later.

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It’s wild to me that we are all saying No so strongly to doing free work in interviews , but literally our business/ industry is built on producing free work in pitches.

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Oh hell no. Don’t give away your only valuable resource. It’s just going to make u seem more desperate and devalue you

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Nope - whether it’s the truth or an excuse, don’t do it.

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good idea re teaser vp3
if you’re really passionate about the agency, o.p, it could perhaps make sense to see if they can fund a small fee for you to help them pitch an account that will fund you if you win it together. but also like the other posters said “respect yourself!”

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If you have time and it’s something that’s fun for you then yes. If you’re solely doing it to pray they change their minds, then nope

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Nope

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Nope. That will not open up coffers.

No!

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