Crispin Porter + Bogusky producers
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- tank020
- chris hanson: working 20hours aday. welcome to the ad world. we will take you to cp+b. undercover. ....heh.akrokdesign
- harlequino0
According to those I know there, a large part of the reason CP+B is the way it is, has to do with how they grew. They're only about 10-15 years old as an agency, and only been well known and "hot" the last 5 or so.
They went from being 30 people to being 700 in a couple years. The heads of departments have little to no agency experience outside of CP+B.
- Amen0
do they think out of box?
- Llyod0
how someone become a producer and what does a producer do? I've worked with them before but I still can't discern what it is they do.
- depends - print, web, braodcast?harlequino
- interactiveLlyod
- not sure either. Glorified project manager from what I can tell.harlequino
- I thought the project manager manages the producerskld
- tank020
lets get one thing clear here:
working 20h a day is not a culture, its slavelabour.
No job is worth this.
I also did these crazy hours, but you actually don't produre better work. i still work a lot, but there is a limit.
It seems like the fella's at Crispin,... are just taking advantage of creatives who think its a privilige to work for them, wich actually the other way around, because you are doing the work,
they should be thankfull for that and respect this buy giving people some more free time.
- akrokdesign0
bump ;-)
- slvtn_dsgn0
yeah, i have a few friends that worked at the office in miami and it was the same results. They pretty much lived at the office and never saw the light of day.
- kld0
there some talented people in boulder/denver but not a ton. I've been contacted by several recruiters for CP+B but am prett comfy where I am. Might go interview just to see whats what.
- Llyod0
I can't wait to not work there
- Llyod0
are they doing any xbox?
- showpony0
i have a few friends who have worked there. DO. NOT. DO. IT. ha. they definitely make good work but (like others have said) at the expense of a personal life. also, often their "good work" isn't even done in house but rather by outsourced interactive agencies etc... subservient chicken was made by the barbarian group for example.
- marchelo0
two college friends of mine work there, i hear they have no personal lives, or at best limited ones. but they do somewhat cool projects, i guess people probably get tired of it all and move to the city.
- OSFA0
interesting.... but how about other locations? Keep those juicy stories coming!
- robotron3k0
i think all the creatives are pissed and eventually quit because figured out that when they work their ass off and do award winning work that Bugusky ends up getting the award and putting in his name on it.
- seanhaus0
They flew me out last August. The CD of interactive kept yawning and the other people I interviewed with kept making snide comments about their own work ethic - I said fuck it and thanks for the 2 day vacation to Boulder. Pay was shit too.
- kona0
i got an offer from them not too long ago via my linkedin profile. i forget the guys name but he got in touch with me through there. seemed like a really cool guy.
- I think i told you the sandwich shop story via email, right?harlequino
- YES! hahahah. totally forgot about that.kona
- You can't hold out like that.TheFatBaron
- harlequino0
I have a few friends still there. I hear their travel expenditures for moving staff and clients back and forth from NY to Boulder, and LA to Boulder are staggering. All because someone wants to snowboard.
- utopian0
Unless you like skiing 365 days a year what "creative" is going to want to live in the middle of nowhere, like Boulder. My guess is that they are having difficulties attracting and retaining talent.