What are the biggest “client tropes”?

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“This is incredible, we think it’s a great year 2 idea”

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lmao

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Racist Casting Notes

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The opposite of that skit.

Having amnesia and completely changing their mind about agreed upon deliverables every time you talk to them….then blaming the agency when they aren’t hitting their go live dates.

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THIS ONE. OH MY GOD.

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Crickets all week, finally feedback Friday at 4:57pm, need revisions by Monday 9am.

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Every. Single. Time.

Shares the thing another brand did that they love and is basically the same thing as something you pitched them and they killed three months ago.

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Kevin, the juice isn’t worth the squeeze. You better circle back once you’ve pressured tested some outside the box action items. I suggest you brainstorm some thought starters in the AM because I need to huddle up with my team before COB to war game how we’ll go to market in Q3 right before the conference call EOD with all the stakeholders. Please let me know ASAP if we to need to RFP any vendors. I can’t go to my CFO with this unless you’ve triple bid and got everything in writing so that there is a clear paper trail. CYA, Kev. CYA.

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Brilliant

Make the logo bigger

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BIGGER!!!

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“It’s a small social shoot, we need to stay agile.”

Proceeds to demand video village for 12+ agency and client staff attending.

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Dealing with this right now!

“We want our spot to be like Apple’s ‘Here’s To The Crazy Ones.’”

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And your client is Spectrum Cable…

Me: I’ll try but it’s going to be tricky to turn that 75 word brief into a compelling 10 word headline.
Client: Well, you’re the writer.

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“The client LOVES it. They just want to change… [insert laundry list to create an entirely different ad].”

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It's too dark and no one is smiling enough.

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That all creatives think clients are dumb

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It takes a truly stupid person to pay for an MBA.

It’s your mess to clean up when they waste 2 weeks of time swatting ideas down after sending a brief that asks for the world…and they change their minds at the end.

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“We like both options. Can you combine the two into one?” Even worse when, “We like this about Option A, but not that. We like some of that about B. And we really like this about C. Come back with something that reflects the best of each option.”

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Ugh these responses make me question whether to jump back into the pool.

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Apply on below link if want referral in LTI
https://r.ripplehire.com/s/biDY1

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Job Description:
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Good Client interfacing skills & should have involved in client interactions

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I just joined Publicis Sapient 2weeks back.. Yesterday I attended 1project interview but not selected.. How many time they will provide new project interview? Publicis Sapient Publicis

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Infosys CCTC - 7.34 LPA + 60K NSA
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