Just got rejected from a position where I'll be the senior (and only creative) with an app.
— recruiter reached out to me, and noted that I have all experience needed in this nitche app
— CMO wants someone more senior, therefore rejected

Other than just being sad and depressed, what can I do on my job search for something more my level, 4 years out of school?
— master's degree 2021
— working on my book
— inhouse rn
— lots of random transferable experiences and 2 internships
— 0 big awards

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Keep on applying! Not being a fit for that opportunity doesn't mean you're not for others. Everyone has their own criteria. Keep networking and applying. Good luck OP, keep your head up!

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Thank you! Hope to find more directors like you in the field that don't care about Pencils.

This time you were perfect but they wanted someone more senior. Next time you’ll be perfect and they’ll want someone more junior. Then someone with a BFA. Then someone with more X in their book. It’s a moving target. A carrot that’s always just out of reach. So keep doing you. Stay ambitious, keep learning, grow where you’re planted. The next move will present itself and be yours when it is meant to happen. This time, for whatever reason spoken or unspoken, it wasn’t.

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Thank you I appreciate it! That's exactly how I feel navigating this weird world

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