It is shocking and laughable at how much time and money is still wasted on TV upfronts when live TV viewership just continues to implode year over year.
Any excuse for the industry to drink, I guess?

Job Offer A (Not Consulting) - 160Base+profit sharing+10%-12%Bonus (Corporate office Location is 20 miles east of brooklyn bridge but they have a lot of work in manhattan, brooklyn). I might have to lease a car and travel to work from Dumbo. Good company, Good people.

Job Offer B (Consulting) - Not existing yet but at it is in the brews - Consulting in Manhattan at a good firm where I thought would open up opportunities at an MBB in the long run. (120KBase)

Am I giving up my dream with A :?

Town Hall thread!

Coworker got fired because they stole my clients! We have a policy stating that the realtor who initiated the contact should be the one closing the deal to give them a fair chance. I feel bad but they should have read the policy...

Best date spots in Philly?

I’m returning to work from maternity leave can someone tell me if I can reach out to HR to discuss pay review/increase upon my return. I know for a fact through colleagues I’m the lowest being paid at this company. New comers make same amount or even more. How do I initiate this convo ?

Is it possible to go cyber strategy -> cyber focused PE?

Referral needed: Genuinely asking for a friend. She is with cognizant consulting. Has experience in sales force and CRM and prior sales and marketing experience. MBA from top school. Contd in comments

Any book recos for creatives/writers?

Any tips on how to find a 9-5, fully remote non legal job that pays the very low 100s?

Do any RA’s or PE’s on here sign and seal for their company? My firm is trying to bestow these responsibilities on us and I’m holding out for an increase in comp. This responsibility was not originally in my job description. Additionally I am the only one with my job title being required to do this. Everyone else that will be signing have a more senior role then me. Any feedback is appreciated.

Sigh. Apparently tomorrow they are going to announce shelter in place starting on Friday. Get those last minute reservations in this week. Source: friend’s gf is friends with the mayor, so I’m presuming it’s legit 😞

This is twice now in back to back weeks my boss has asked me where the disconnect was in our communications because I didn’t deliver on what “was asked”, even though I know damn well what was asked and what was done were the same thing. I’m not sure if he’s changing the meaning or isn’t communicating what he’s envisioning or what but it’s embarrassing to be called out like that, and to have people think you’re the dumb 23 year old.

In my new company my HR and boss told me to resign . As per them I am slow at work and done two mistakes . As per me if I was guided properly about the business the mistakes wouldn't hv happened. Should I say about the head to HR and try to convince to be in the same company or leave and find new.

How do I get a better success rate cold messaging / connecting with people on LinkedIn? It’s annoying when they say “message me if you’re interested “ in a post but never reply to a message.

I do both brand and comms strategy where I'm at currently. Thinking about committing to comms on my next move. Is it better for me to go in with a portfolio of both or filter and show a comms focus?

How did you get your start in advertising?

I’ll go first - I was originally going into film.. started shooting tv spots for regional high-end car dealers.. realized I didn’t love production I loved pitching.. been closing deals in the ad game ever since..

So....has anyone started at a start-up in your first management role? They have $100M+ in series a funding and they sound legit, but I’m nervous.

I’d essentially have someone running the group WITH me as we grow, but he doesn’t have that much more experience than I do.

My boss has actually told me if I found what sounded like a good opportunity...and then I found out it was desirable than I originally thought, could come back, but that would be more than awkward. Thoughts?

How many y cookies do you think each person has across all of their devices? I usually go with five but think I may increase it to seven.

Creatives always talk about leaving agency life to go freelance but... Is that an option for media people? I think I'm done with agency life but I feel so trapped.

Experience with keeping the account once your client gets acquired? Does the account get moved to the bigger company’s agency?

Has anyone used StitcherAds?

Is anyone starting to ramp up cookieless targeting and data solutions?

If so, what are you looking at? What are you looking for in a solution?

Also, what is the level of urgency with which you are looking? Brands.. Agencies...

Essence or 360i for media?

What are the thoughts out there on zenith?

How often is too often to be jumping around agencies?

I keep getting served Russian ads on Instagram... should I be worried?

Have an option to go purely digital or stay in a communications design (holistic strategy across all channels) role. Not sure which move I should make, would love some insight.

I’m interested in switching to become a research analyst. Any tips on how to switch over and what skills are needed

Anyone ever work with Advantage? Agency recently onboarded the tool and hoping to see how other agencies have worked with this as we’re running into some issues.

Anyone know anyone that can pull MRI data for a project. Will pay to get the run needed

What irritates media agency teams the most when working with creative agencies? Are there things you wish creative agencies did better in terms of the day-to-day?

Is it unethical to use an agency proprietary tool (or an industry standard tool that you have access to through your agency) for an interview assignment for a new job?

I need to figure out what’s next for me! Experience lies within client management, media, and managing a team and my focus has been strictly pharma for the past 6+ years. Help! ❤️

Anyone know how the Kohls account is to work on from the media side?

Hey media fishies, what media mix software do you use? We use IMS but havent done an audit in a while of what else is out there.

Hi everyone, I am getting ready for a job interview, and need to create a media plan. I was hoping someone can help me with the next task: basically, I need to create inventory recommendation based on past performance. What I am very confused about is that they gave me Booked Impressions (=4M), but in the task it says I should assume there is unlimited inventory. Am I supposed to use this 4M only to calculate spend, ROAS, etc., but can actually have unlimited allocated impressions? Thank you!