More than a year since I made anything folio worthy. I have produced stuff, stuff that was very close to being good just before it was dramatically worsen by suits, clueless leadership and the production agency. I'm losing interest very quickly, and I don't want to

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It’s not you. Agencies are creating a lot fewer pieces of good work. Even just a few years ago, you might expect to produce 1-3 book worthy pieces a year. Now, most agencies can’t seem to do that—even the big ones.

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At times it feels like I'm semi retired. I work, but do i?

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I also think it’s the situation we are in. The pandemic is not a time when clients are looking to be brave and take risks. They are looking to stay in business. So the work will be more scrappy. Personally, I think this is THE time to be brave but people are just looking to stay afloat.

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what agency?

Hoping for that but in all honesty, the way the agency is structured, it's hard to be placed on other accounts. Here for a cry basically, I kinda thought of every solution there is haha

Production agency?!?

I’m so sorry to hear that.

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