My AD is weak at comping/photoshop and admits it’s not their strong suit. I believe it’s hurting us. Wwyd?

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Whoa, ACD1 does that mean you’re art? In the copywriters bowl???

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Good points, folks. Their strong suit is being outspoken. But I’m starting to think they may be a fraud. I’d rather have an AD with solid visual chops than being paired with, essentially, a writer without wordsmithing skills. Hmm. Much to consider.

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What is their strong suit?

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Get a new AD. Mine did the same to me and he eventually got canned. It hurts you when your own cw marker comp looks better than the AD’s comp.

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Yeah seek a new partner. I had a writer who couldn’t write scripts and I had to do the bulk of it. Was ok sometimes but also defiantly held us back.

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ECDs will always see who the stronger player is in teams. Your “eh” partner can only get away with shoddy skills for so long. I think that’s what happened to my AD - it wasn’t about his age, it was that he let his skill set lag. I think that’s why they canned him and kept me but I could be wrong.

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