Advertising recruiters: friend or foe?
Mike
January 29, 2024
It’s always nice to be approached by an advertising recruiter. It’s hard to avoid feeling a little ‘frisson’ when you realise you’ve been noticed. What,
Category: Ad Juniors
The Best Advertising Competitions for Students
Mike
August 12, 2022
Advertising competitions for students are a great way of getting noticed and a sure-fire path to landing a top-notch internship or an outright job offer
Playing your part in the advertising agency client relationship
Mike
July 31, 2022
Clients are not stupid An advertising agency client relationship is founded on respect. Clients can be frustrating, unpredictable and changeable. But they are certainly not
First advertising agency. Big or small? What’s best?
Mike
July 7, 2022
Your first advertising agency is important for many reasons. It isn’t so important that it can destroy a budding career. But it is your first
Working with the ad agency producer to make your first ad
Mike
June 9, 2022
You came up with the idea, sold it to the creative director, accounts department and the client. Approved! Go make it! Time to meet the advertising
The first days in your first ad agency
Mike
June 3, 2022
Congratulations, junior creative. You got the job. You’ve shaken the right hands, signed the necessary papers and locked in a start date. So, what should
Selling campaign ideas to your creative director, the agency and the client
Mike
May 23, 2022
Selling campaign ideas is just as important as the craft of coming up with them. Too often I see great campaign ideas fall flat because
Tips on working overseas as an ad creative
Mike
May 13, 2022
During your career, you are likely to work at many different agencies. Perhaps in many different cities. They will all have different creative processes and
Turn that creative job interview into a job
Mike
May 10, 2022
If you’ve been invited for a job interview by a creative director, you know they like your work and style enough to want to talk
How to spot a great creative director
Mike
February 15, 2022
First job? You need to work for a great creative director. A jungle guide. Someone to machete away the vines and point you along the
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