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I’m from LA. Was looking for better opportunities. Landed at Leo Burnett when it was Leo Burnett and NOT Leo.
Yes!! 🙋🏼♀️
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My parents lived in Chicago when I was born, but the hospital was actually in Evanston. My family has been in and around Chicago for over 150 years. In the 1870s my family lived two blocks from the primary ignition point of the Chicago fire. If the fire had spread in a slightly different direction, I might not be here.
I do see what you’re saying, though. So many of my classmates from small towns wound up here after college.
Yes
Yes. Born and raised in
I’m not. But I knew plenty of locals. Though, it seems as if the agencies were hiring mostly from portfolio schools outside of Chicago for the past 15 years.
Many of my former coworkers taught there. But I don’t know if our agency ever hired anyone from that school. We had a ton of Miami Ad School and SCAD grads though.
Born and raised
Does it matter? Regardless of where you were raised, Chicago will make a place for you to grow up or grow hair on your chest