Wanted to float an idea here. I am getting no traction in this job market. (I know a lot of people are in the same boat. Not downplaying that at all.) I have tons of strong in-house experience, though it was for a flailing retailer not known for its breakthrough creative. I think that could be a factor hindering my search by instantly removing me from consideration. What are your thoughts on anonymizing a resume so hiring managers will look at my experience and not where I worked?

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I don’t know that creative hiring managers really place a lot of weight on resume vs portfolio to begin with… so to CD2’s point, not sure how well that would work or whether the assumption that one company on your resume is holding you back is the right one. But here’s one way to test it: just change that company to freelance. If you still don’t get any bites you know that isn’t the issue.

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Can you aim for things manly on the production/execution side vs conceptual? Might be a better way to frame
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I don’t think that’s gonna work. But hey, it’s worth a shot.

Your portfolio of work is everything. Sounds like you’ve worked on a lot of crappy stuff. Do some killer spec ads/campaigns. Prove that you have creativity. They’re not hiring you for what you’ve done; they’re hiring you for what you can do. The idea is king. Nothing else matters.

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