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Make sure you get along with and respect the CD who will manage you, and/or their work (that there is a fit - it’s like dating). Otherwise if they don’t care for you, no ones going to help you get ahead in your career.
If you’re a woman:
“Are you comfortable being the only woman creative? How do you feel working with men?”
Yes, this was an actual question I’ve received.
Yes, I took the job and quit a year later because I “couldn’t hang”.
Gross, I’m sorry
“We’re like a family.”
My last job ranked me out of 5 on my level of ‘family’ during my performance review, I did not do well 😂
“We work hard, but play hard”
"we have a start-up vibe" - no pay
"we're a family here" - we'll treat you like shit
"we're looking for someone not afraid to get their hands dirty" - you're doing mostly grunt work since we're understaffed as hell
The first and last one hurt so bad. Salt in the wound, followed by pepper.
If neither your CDs nor anyone else on the creative team has work in their book from the client you’re being hired to work on.
What if its a brand new win?
Find out if they also employ Designers. If not, you’ll be 5% an Art Director and 95% a Designer.
Yes. So much this. Sorry former Desi. . . ADs
“Do you work well with strong personalities?”
This one is a personal fave! I was told by one agency that I didn’t have a big enough personality to work there. Am women. Interviewed by men.
If the CEO, without prompting, tells you the agency is healthy from a revenue perspective, it might mean that the agency is not healthy from a revenue perspective.
Chief
From a revenue respective. Utterly unhealthy in every other aspect.
"work life balance means different things to different people" ...
Also “what do you consider work life balance?”
Pro
The agency itself is the red flag.
“No egos allowed.”
“How are your PowerPoint skills?”
Chief
For an Art Director, “Are you good at comping and building decks?”
You should be of course, but that’s for you and presenting your ideas, not to be a service to them.
“test” work = they don’t trust your work/word
on-site work = it’s the old way of working. not innovative. hybrid model at least.
low ball offer = they don’t respect you. they’re testing you.
paying you based off where you live = they should pay you based your value. how you think. (not your awards/experience/years)