What’s better? (Both in NYC)
1. agency: variety of some big brands, ability to build portfolio, lower salary

2. in-house: nothing fancy to show for portfolio, creating the voice for the brand, higher salary (30-50k higher)

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What’s your career end goal? I’m not a creative so this advice may not apply, but it seems liked the agency job would be a good fit if you’re looking for variety and want to contribute to your portfolio for future “individual contributor” type roles. The in-house role sounds like you’d be more exposed to strategy behind building a brand voice, and getting to see the process start to finish more in depth (which may lend itself to growing toward a more senior role in the future).

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Thank you! Brilliant thinking. My career goals are on the creative side.

Is the “lower salary” still more than you’re making now and something you can comfortably live on?

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Can comfortably live on the lower salary. But would be turning down a salary that’s potentially 30-50k higher…

What does your portfolio look like NOW?

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Thank you, this is super helpful. Especially since I came up a non-traditional path (from the entertainment industry, versus advertising). I don’t even think this agency wins any awards, just that they have a roster of prestigious luxury brands. But hopefully good projects can come out of that.

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