When an agency is about to hire you as a creative lead but without seeing your book to find out what you had done in your career, is that a red flag to you as a creative?

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Yep. It comes off as them being desperate to hire or somehow inexperienced and uncaring about their creative.

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Definitely. Run.

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Do you have a really good website of your own showcasing your work, and/or is your name on the credits of work they’d find in typical industry trades and databases? It could simply be a sign that they’ve done their research already.

It was when you asked which are the type of work you’ve done that they like, but they looked lost and couldn’t name any….

They have not seen your work at all? Is that what you’re saying?

This sadly explains so much.

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