So do creative resource managers not realize that art directors do way more work than copywriters? Always confused why I’m resourced at the same percentage as my partner when I’m doing 80% of the work.

The annual compensation of Omnicom CEO John Wren should be printed in the dictionary as THE definition of the word “obscene”. Especially in a year where tens of thousands of Omnicom employees have been axed, with a large % of them still out of work.

For those of you who jumped and went brand side, did you pay to have your resume ATS optimized? If so, what did you pay? I'm being courted by a major brand, but being told that my ad agency resume needs to be ATS optimized to move forward.

What advice would you give to your past self about working in the advertising industry?

Shit. Literally the entire job market in advertising is all in NYC again. Looks like I shouldn't have moved away when I did. The bets were placed on black in the COVID gamble, and its red for us big city refugees I guess... (I'm stuck now, I can never move back with my young fam). All jokes aside, doesn't it feel like the rest of the country just vanished for Ad jobs? Atlanta, Chicago, Minneapolis, Miami, LA even (more than the rest sure). Boston is literally completely dead. WTF happened?