Advertising Confessions

I enjoy the concepting and writing part of the work but I find the whole shooting/editing/etc part of the work to be mind-numbingly boring.

My 12 year old asked if advertising is still fun. Not sure what prompted the “still”. 😐🥀

I just typed up my resignation and have it in draft in my outlook. Gave myself a deadline and I’m sticking to it. Felt a rush of relief typing those 3 sentences. I can’t wait for my deadline to arriv...

I found a tick today in my home and now it's almost 3a and I've doom searched: Where to find them How to remove them What kind of disease can you get from ticks Where to search your cat for ticks When...

The whole advertising industry culture has made me cringe since day one. I have fun doing my job, but that’s just it- a job. And that’s okay. I just cannot get into being ride or die for this. It gros...

I hope Publicis goes the way of Lehman Brothers. There’s no way that business is actually worth anything.

I am so sad.

I’m a CD (writer) and I use ChatGPT all the time. It’s an invaluable part of my creative process. I’ve never used raw lines or ideas it spits out (they’re usually bad), but with thoughtful prompts, it...

Married for 10 years and still love the goddamn shit out of my wife. She’s my ride or die, and the kindest soul on earth. Invest in your relationships and personal life just as you do with your career...

Our internal branding is the most hideous I’ve seen in my 20 year career and I’m on the verge of saying something. Hate having to position my team’s gorgeous work in this mess and I feel like it loses...

Hi, I am doing a netnography research for the purpose of my thesis, can you please tell me your thoughts on this Coca-Cola 'Masterpiece' campaign, made with generative AI? The Coca-Cola Company OpenA...

Creatives need assistance and support from the account team on pushing back on clients. For their best interest.

I’m so tired of my manager. I like the people on my team but overall this is the wrong team for me but I feel so stuck. I like my agency and don’t want to leave but not sure how to get out of this mes...

I’m tired of working more than 40 hours per week and everything always being a fire drill. We work in advertising for goodness sake, you’d think we were in the medical field in life or death situation...

Every time there are more layoffs announced my first thought isn’t to feel bad for people losing their jobs, it’s to worry about the fact that I have more competition in trying to find one myself. Su...

Cmon, tell the truth. We’re anonymous here. Have you ever ‘liked’ your own post?

Momentum Worldwide — is the tuition reimbursement legit? is it only for tenured associates? all levels? it sounds too good to be true.

Sometimes I wonder if I should’ve just gone to law school. I might’ve been just as miserable but making way more? (And it’s actually useful - reviewing contracts, writing up wills, working on Visa app...

Has anyone made the jump from another industry into copywriting? I've been in entertainment for the last 5 years and am considering jumping into copywriting as it seems to still be creative but more c...

Im doing what I thought was my dream job at my dream agency and my life has truly never felt so meaningless.