ad agency?
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- madirish0
ahhh, gotcha. sorry about the mis-communication aliceblue. "my bad" as the kids say these days. ;)
- aliceblue0
no worries, madrish
"me bad", too
- ********0
hah
all good points
lets say.. like Taxi (which i dont think is networked) is one of the better agency in town does all great work.
even at a big agency, when you are doing global work, you get hand downs from other location for the local market.
mind you, the team at both small or big are almost the same. well most of the times.
i am just conflicted with the choice and path..
- aliceblue0
its not a one way path -
you can always deviate -
- ********0
i guess for me doing mainly integrated and web stuff i have more options..
ad agency vs ishops
then
big agency vs small agencyhmm
- aliceblue0
there's probably a little voice inside saying"GO FOR IT"?
- ********0
i dont know what to go for anymore
bah !
- n0rty10
i do. big agency means big clients that give agency employees really good benefits on their products.
e.g discounted travel, entry in to events free, free food etc
- ********0
i noticed that bigger they are cheaper they get
- visualplane0
ad agency = long hours, better pay, free soft drinks in the kitchen, yearly holiday parties where you smoke tons of cigars and play secret santa, free tickets to concerts, office politics, long hours, many many revisions, free tickets to sporting events, generous christmas bonus, moral struggles, big clients, witty people, late nights, and fake deadlines.
- spongebob0
here here
- ********0
hmm how come i only get long hours and many many revisions?
wtf?
- jpowell0
your site is nice, solid work mrdinky.
i'd say mr visualplane hit the nail on the head with the big agency description.
2 cents regarding the small agency part of a big network: they are fighting for scraps (production level work) and recognition. also, if its underneath a holding company they have to grow - that is key to their success. And growth demands sacrifices and long hours.
so, if you're after the big brands and big projects go big agency, OR small agency in a big network.
if you want a job you're happy with. make sure the agency/design shop is rooted with a good vision and happy individuals.
- ********0
jpowell
say hi to Elizabeth R for me
;p
- level20
just joined a big one, moved from a medium one
- squire2250
i just want health benefits.
i've never thought about working for an ad agency...sounds okay. Unless someone can name a job in graphic design where you DON"T work long hours
- piperboytoy0
Are the work good in ad agencies?
i was offered a job at Publicis in Toronto a while back but i turned it down for a good reason. I guess it would be a good name to have on my resume.
They contacted me to do freelance work and asked that i do the first one for free! is that standard practice?
I also did work for saatchi before too and mostly consisted of banner ads!
- n0rty10
and hot hot hawt accnt service chicks.
well in the agency i'm at anyways ;)
- ********0
In the end arent all firms ad agencies.
Posters, Shirts, CD covers etc are all some form of advertising.
- glint0
work in a big, independent ad-agency. the work is really really awesome, i would never ever wanna go back to a smaller or medium size one.