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    43 In Sydney. After having respect, awards and recognition working as a designer in NZ I followed my GF to Melbourne. We have a boy now and that part is really good.

    In Melbourne I worked for 2 years at a start-up full-service agency owned by Dentsu Aegis, I lead creative pitches and was just starting to get some traction when I was made redundant when we lost a major client. I'm pretty sure the CD made it so I wasn't relocated to other companies within the group like all my colleagues. A political move, which I understand. I was more experienced and capable making her job unsafe. She's doing well and getting respect and awards. Good on her. No grudge from me.

    At the time GF was 6 months pregnant, followed by a difficult birth, recovery lasting months and requiring a further hospital stay. I didn't really work in that time as we both don't have a family to help us. So we got pretty poor. Now I'm finding it tough to get hired as a senior with no local experience. 41 interviews and counting, tough. But I got enough freelance to keep us fed though it wasn't easy without local experience. But after a year we've just moved to Sydney for my GF's career, unfortunately, that turned out to be a con job, so now we've both starting again.

    When we arrived I got an interview at a top independent agency. They said they loved my work. Which after all that's happenedI kind of needed to hear. They didn't have a job at the time but I just want to let them know I was around. So today I see they just advertised for creatives, but as usual only for junior and midweight teams.

    So help me out here. I'm not sure what to do. Should I say I'll do a midweight job at this agency and risk looking desperate, or stick it out, freelance and wait to get lucky enough for someone to hire me at the level I'm at?

    Love some advice.

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    • Don't compromise by taking a job below your seniority. First of all, the money sucks. Secondly, you'll feel shit. Three, you'll signal people can walk ...Continuity
    • ... all over you. Four, employers will know you'll fuck off the moment something better comes along, and won't hire you for precisely that reason.Continuity
    • Best of luck manNutter
    • Yes. That was my gut feeling too. thanks for the advice. and thanks nutter hope your future interviews work out.sothere
    • What about an agent? I'm hearing more people going this. My BG is film vfx but there's got to be someone whom take you on and put you in the correct connectionsmugwart
    • If oz hasn't any jobs why not move back home or somewhere up and coming. Your story has touched me. Hope you'll be fine.mugwart
    • Your work is great manfate
    • I've got to really hustle. I've been stalled by having the baby partner to look after. Now I have the time to work hard and visit people. Thanks fate nice of u.sothere
    • agree with Continuity... you're the shit. Keep looking, you'll find something amazing.bklyndroobeki
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