Search results matching tag 'career'

Who wants half my salary?

1364957 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:04:01 GMT

Half a salary for free? There must be a catch and yes there is. Get me a permanent job as either a Group Head or Creative Director in London and I will pay you half my monthly salary for two months. To keep things interesting, I will not work for less than £60k per year. I don’t mind if you push one of your directors out of the window. I don’t care if you threaten to take your multi million account elsewhere and yes, sucking up to the board to get me the position is allowed. No matter who you are this is your chance to make sure you have the funds to spend next summer on a tropical island. To help you get started, please find some work samples and my cv on www.halfmysalary.com. Oh, and there’s another catch. The money I’m talking about is half my net monthly income. Yes I know... I should have been an account handler. But don’t let that stop you… Good luck! Timo

For a creative within the advertising industry are DESIGN SKILLS a necessity or an added bonus?

2419340 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:53:44 GMT

Are design skills needed for a creative, or will a stick man sketch do? Does this differ from larger agencies to smaller agencies? Has the credit crunch effected this?

Re: Advertising work placement

1217434 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:07:15 GMT

Hi there.

If anyone reading this thread is still trying to obtain work experience in advertising, or is even interested in how to make the most of their placements - I've collated some of my own experiences at the following address...

http://petejackson.wordpress.com/advertisingandmarketingworkexperience/

Through a concoction of will and luck - i spent nearly 3 months cummatively, at 7 very different and very famous London advertising agencies. It definately helped me hit the ground running when I eventually nailed down a job!

Cheers! [ and good luck :-) ]

Pete.J

See Grads don't make tea in the first year of advertising

2393260 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:05:25 GMT

Our Account Management grad year were given the brief to create a viral for this year's grad scheme. I think this is a pretty good effort considering we had to hold down a day job at the same time...oh and the fact that we had no budget! It was a pretty good excuse to run riot around the office and pretend that we were all Steven Speilberg...although some DEFINITELY thought that more than others...

Hope you like it - check it out here:

http://www.vimeo.com/1717005

A little advice please

2321524 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:27:40 GMT

Hi,

Looking for a little advice........I am at a career crossroads and have decided I want to get into Advertising. I am just putting the finishing touches to my portfolio, half of it covers the last four years experience in product development and the other half is speculative advertising ideas (digital and traditional).

I have no agency experience and imagine this will put me at the bottom of the barrel? So my question is...........with an eventual creative position in mind what role within an agency is a good place to start? I am more than willing to do my time and work my way up.

Thanks

; )

Career move, any hints ?

2264573 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:05:35 GMT

Hey,

I am currently employed as a Product Manager in a company based in London that deals with properties exchange in Europe.

While this is a very interesting position and I have learned a lot, my wish is now to have a more marketing/advertising orientated career. I have already studied marketing in French business school for two years (Master’s Degrees in management – one in tourism, the other one specialized in international hospitality - 2006). I however think I need to be more trained and to learn more in this specific field if I want to have a senior position in this department. I am currently seeking the best option to achieve this goal. Do I need to pass another Master’s Degree ? Are short courses good enough ? Which London school or university would you recommend ?

Thanks for reading me.

Every hints are welcome !

Regards,

Vanessa