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- jteore0
I had a recruitment agency contact me about a Marketing Art Director position at Direct TV. I sat with her, passed. Sat with 6 people at Direct, passed. Went in for two days and received a phone call the evening of day 2 from headhunter: "Direct TV does not think you are a fit, you do not need to return onsite tomorrow." In two days onsite for a beginning process BROCHURE that was 6 panels, there were 3 different copywriters working on content with entire copy overhauls each time.
No one was giving me updates of changes.
Even the other designer that was creating "her version" of the brochure had also designed the approved cover. On day 2 over the course of 5 points of contact with her before the 3pm present, never once did she tell me of a cover change nor did the copywriters give me content changes via email or walking over to me and informing me of them.
I went into a 3pm sit down on day 2 with the ECD and CD with both of them looking at my content and saying "This is wrong" "There were changes"
I said out loud "I shouldn't have to chance down copywriters."
I was treated as a general run of the mill designer and not as an Art Director.
5 days later I get a call from one of my old Creative Directors. We worked at Christie's Art Auction last year. Now he is at the Lincoln Center_He needs me to come in. One of his full time designers left. Too much is on his plate. Its going beautifully thus far 3 weeks later.
In the end: Ask a lot of questions from recruiters and the people they place you with.
3 days after I was not onsite the headhunter tried to get me to sign a confidentially agreement with Direct TV. I told them the one that I signed with them was enough considering the hardship I was put though.