So I have a pretty massive interview coming up at Amazon, working as an art director in their in-house innovations department in London (Bishopsgate/shoreditch office.)

Any advice? The interview process is SUPER complex, just curious if i’m in for a good time or a waste of time.

Senior role, I’ve 15+ years in creative agencies.

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I cut it after the first interview. It was with a former colleague and he looked far from happy. The process, in my opinion, is absolutely ridiculous. I too had high hopes considering the department, but left thinking it became more of a factory than an innovative, creative space. Also senior and 15+.

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What’s a super complex interview process?

Have they shared some of their example case studies and expectations for the role?

Have you researched their work? They do a lot of interesting connected / integrated work across their platforms and ecosystem. If you do 360 just apply to their channels and devices.

Seems like a really epic job from some of the stuff I’ve found.

It always is for In-house. Just remember it’s no longer all about creativity it’s now about business and for you to be successful you got to understand the roles of everyone else and how your skills help them. No one really cares about a great creative campaign they care about a great effective campaign. Make money and you’ll be rewarded.

Get to know some of the biz stuff you probably didn’t learn in an ad agency.

Paris/Raci workflows.
How sales impact media spend.
How creativity can be packaged and sold to multiple clients.

Here if you have questions. It’s ESSENTIAL in my opinion to grow as a leader. But the rules have changed in that space.

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