what was your first job in the ad industry? ive been hunting for a month and been struggling to find a junior producer position at an agency. any advice is super appreciated!

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Apply for coordinator roles

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I was the creative assistant to the production broadcast and business group. I was very clear with the agency that my sights were on production for my career path, and I spent a lot of time after hours helping with director searches, contracts, etc. was promised to associate producer within 1.5 yrs.

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Account Assistant. I kept making informational interviews with producers until a job opened up and I moved into production.

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Same as SP1, I started as a coordinator for Creative Services (missed out on a JP role but found another place at the agency with persistence). Through my contacts at that agency, after about a year I moved to another city to take a role as Production Coordinator and became a Jr Producer after about a year and a half. I was dead broke for that while time but it was worth the journey to do what I wanted to do.

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I started out as an Account Coordinator on a very busy retail account. I graduated when the economy shit the bed so I was desperate to get into the industry in any capacity. That being said, I took advantage of meeting and learning from the producers, HOP, BMs, talent, traffic etc. Learn how they work - build relationships with them. This homework goes a long way. I was able to transition to production in a place where people already knew me and understood my work ethic. At minimum it’s a way into the industry even if it’s not the desired role.

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im actually a freelance editor right now, just graduated in may, how do i best position myself to be an agency producer?

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That’s what I’ve been doing- informational interviews. Hoping that helps!

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mostly video!

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I wanna get on this thread! Been searching for the better part of a year!

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I would love to be able to land a creative assistant role- sounds like that would be the way to go. I don’t see those posted - any advice Senior Producer 1?

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Are you a video producer or a project/campaign producer?

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