Women in Advertising

I was recently pulled off a team I really loved, and thought I was doing a great job on. I talked to my GCD and account team for feedback - and they all said they loved my work and working with me, bu...

I am considering having a baby on my own, but it’s hard to imagine with the agency hours we work and the constant threat of being laid off. Have any of you done it alone? Any tips?

Dilemma. Should I: 1. Stay put: great agency name, big fun clients, lower pay, no promotion in sight for at least a year. 2. Jump: senior title, $40K raise, agency is okay but not top-tier, clients a...

Has anyone else dealt with being treated like some dumb little kid by their male supervisor? He's only 5 years older than me, but feels he needs to teach me obvious basic manners that we all already k...

Something I’ve been thinking about while chatting with some ad students lately! Given the chance to go back and start your career over, would you:

When I started, I oversaw a couple junior creatives and set up 30-min check-ins every two weeks just to catch up. In Feb, I was moved to a different account where I don’t oversee anyone but still kept...

Have y'all taken FMLA for mental health reasons? I genuinely cant stand my job to the point im losing my hair and it's affecting my health. I already had cancer years back and im not trying to get ano...

If you’ve made the change from a midsize or large agency to a small independent agency, would you recommend it to ur friends?

Anyone else dealing with fellow unemployed creatives out there that are just super negative? Unemployment sucks, and I’m in the same boat but for real? One in particular, I’m feeling like whenever I s...

Well-seasoned creatives: I’m in process of updating my portfolio and finding myself still clinging onto some of my junior work... but I can’t decide if it’s just sentimental attachment. How many piece...

~6 months in at my new job as a new AD and my GAD spends more time telling me exactly what to do & how they’d do it than actually doing any part of their actual job. Everything is urgent, relayed in a...

When I was a new mom, I read a lot of advice saying you shouldn’t share you had kids in the interview process… it made you less desirable as a new hire. I’ve been in the industry for almost 20 years n...

Zoom and Deloitte just cut those maternity IN HALF!!!! From 16 weeks to 8… how do we all feel about this. This is horrible!!!!

Hi, guys! Anyone here have a recommendation for a designer who can help me brand myself before I start a real job search for the first time in ~5 years? Looking for a personal portfolio site refresh t...

I’ve worked as an Art Director and Digital Designer (mostly brand focused) for the past 13+ years. I’ve done some management duties like onboarding, briefing, giving feedback in creative reviews. I’ve...

Does senior level part-time (media) work exist in our industry? Where?

I think I made a mistake by changing agencies… I really want to go back to my old one. How do I go about it? Has anyone gone back?

Just got a full time in house offer! It’s much lower than what I was making but tbh after 3 months without a job and needing to fill the breadwinner role again, I’m happy. This would have been so much...

Hi all! My sister who is a Director & Creative Director and is based in Brooklyn has been looking for some new work wanted to give a shameless plug. She’s extremely talented and her film premiered at ...

Just a quick post to say, as a toddler mom, that if companies gave us any type of childcare, our production would skyrocket. How are you guys making it work?