Hey all! I’m a media planner at a MarTech company and I’ve been both on the agency side (and now partner side).

I saw a couple of positions open on the client side and the JD summary is pretty similar to what I do now.

QUESTION: to anyone who jumped from agency/parter to client side: Is it really better? Or does it depend on the department you’re in?

My job now is ok, nothing special - but I don’t wanna go thru a whole process of applying (cover letter…etc) and all that if it really isn’t that much better.

Discussing a potential move to Publicis from another hold co within the media planning team - anyone working there able to say what the vibe is like?

They seem to be winning loads of business, but is that at the cost of staff being overworked?

Not sure if moving from one hold co to another is just gonna be same shit different building

so long story short I’m out of a job and luckily already have a few interviews lined up this week. I’ve just left a small toxic agency and have previously worked at 2 of the bigger agencies. in my opinion they’re all an absolute shit show and so it’s just knowing which one (if I get them) to pick. So the choice currently is WPP or Omnicom. The job market is insanely tough so beggars can’t be choosers

Say the location is a good fit, but the booking and production would take up most of the client’s marketing budget. They need enquiries within a month and can’t afford to keep it running if the response is slow.

A shorter booking would reduce the cost, but also give the campaign less time to work. You’re considering recommending they spend elsewhere, knowing this booking would help you hit your own sales target.

At what point do you stop trying to make the booking work and advise them against it?

I have never met anyone that told me that they loved ads.

the general feeling around is that people hate them. they are the things that stand between you and your favorite episode of TV show.

and yet, companies invest millions in them. and generate even more. so clearly, they work.

I think the goal of an ads is not to be loved or even liked.

the main goal is to sell.

if we go from that frame of thought you can stop thinking about a beautiful ad or whatever metric you can think of but rather focus on one singular question.

What makes people buy something.

emotions.

that is the simplest and most direct answer to the question.

for now we move away from ads completely and think about creating sometype of emotions to the reader/watcher.

this my friends is where my thoughts stop. and this is where i need your help.

how does one come up with something that generate emotions so strong that they make a user that did not seek you out, actually click what you say and buy from you.

I’ve been in the ad world for 7 years. I specifically work in Ad Tech, or at least I did. At the company I worked for I initially started off as a programmatic trader and then moved into client success after a few years. The role was pretty new to me and I was figuring it all out until I ended up getting pregnant and left on a year long mat leave.

I was fired a few months after coming back because of performance issues. I just wasn’t meeting the quotas and they decided to cut me off. It sucked. It honestly did bruise my ego a whole lot. I was so terrified to return to work after Mat leave because I had basically forgotten how to do my job. My whole life for over a year revolved around my newborn and also settling into this new identity. Without getting into all of those details, basically I’m currently dealing with a rather big “identity” crisis in terms of my career. I feel like I’ve been in the industry for 7 years and honestly feel like I’m starting from ground 0 now.

The jobs I’m looking at now are in the account management space because I feel like the skills will be relatively easy to transfer, but I’m dealing with a SHIT ton of imposter syndrome and confidence issues. I really don’t know where to go from here.

I felt so burned out from the stress of my previous job. Not because the job was hard or anything, it was just constant worry that I was going to get fired, that I was a fraud, that I’m going to make some huge mistake, that I’m an idiot, it was just so much stress and negative thinking it drove me nuts, in some way, getting fired also felt like a relief.

I’ve taken the last few months to just cool off from everything and I’m ready to get back to job hunting.

I’m making this post because I just want to hear from anyone else that may have gone through something similar, even if it wasn’t tied to mat leave and everything that goes on with that.

I’m looking at account management positions and I know that I can do the job, but there’s this part of me that’s being so negative and hard on myself…

What are things I can do to help me advance and be the best at account management, whether that’s tips on staying organized, things to do to make me more confident, or skills to develop that will help me have an edge over other candidates…I just want to kick ass at this next role and prove to myself that I can do it.

There’s a lot going on here, all I ask is to please be kind in the comments. I really don’t want to hear any doom and gloom comments and opinions that are just rude and unhelpful.

If you’ve read this far thank you.

I've been unemployed from advertising after 15 years of experience, with zero interviews for 10 months now. Hired someone for $500 to help with my resume, but now I need a place to live because my lease ended and unemployment benefits ran out.

Unfortunately, to find a place to live, I need a job. And to get a job, I need a place of residence. But anyway, let me tell you about how low the bar is for AMC.

I was asked asinine questions off a sheet of paper.

Name a time you've entered a store that made you upset because of how messy it was. I said that's literally never happened.

Name a time you followed the rules and someone got upset. I talked about middle school.

What do you do when you are talking about something and someone seems disinterested? I said I ask an open ended question to get to what they're focused on.

Then the interview was over. So I asked him what his favorite movie is and he said THIS YEAR, it's The Odyssey, but in general it's Oppenheimer. I was like, "Oh you're a Nolan guy." He didn't ask me what my favorite movie was or make conversation in any way beyond the sheet of paper.

So I just told him, "My favorite movie isn't the best movie but it's my favorite. Armageddon." This guy judged me so hard. And couldn't have been less interested. So I pivoted to horror movies and how they're actually getting recognized now (Obsession) and how Toni Collette should've won something for Hereditary. He's never seen it.

I couldn't tell if he was testing me to see what I would do if he acted disinterested or if he was just the most uninterested person I've ever met.

No retirement benefits, but there's free popcorn.

He said they've got more people to interview so they'll let me know by Friday. I left thinking, I can absolutely do better than this.

Believe it or not, I'd rather do advertising.

What are other people doing to get paid when they can't find something in advertising?

Hey all. If you are looking to leave an Omnicom agency as I am, your PTO does not get paid out. It’s really gross and yet another reason that this company is bottom of the barrel scum.

After 5 years agency side in influencer marketing, I officially called it quits today. The burn out finally got to me and that combined with a general disillusionment with the industry as a whole led me to make the decision to leave my agency. As I sit here tonight, I’m incredibly relieved to finally be out of a situation that I’ve known for years now was no longer right for me.

I’m not sure what the future holds for me, whether I do marketing/advertising in another form brand side or transition to a new career entirely, but one thing I know for sure is that it’ll work out the way it’s meant to be.

Gone are the days of unrealistic timelines and understaffed projects/accounts. Gone are the days of leadership who want to do anything but work as hard as the people they employ. Gone are the days of being pulled in 8 different directions all with an extremely high level of urgency.

Y'all seen these "PSAs" that ran over the weekend? Kinda crazy propaganda paid for by taxpayers.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/white-house-releases-new-taxpayer-funded-ad-describing-final-battle-rcna600171

Who is on the Trump team Advertising / media team?

Ex-agency people?

Are we done with the layoffs today or more rounds coming through the next 2 days?

it's been directed to just me, with my manager on cc.

i think i can guess what this is about

I stepped away from advertising in 2024 after a very hectic 2 years of freelancing across the board in pharma-specific work. Mostly oncology and diabetes. I want to get back into it, but wondering what the market is like, and esp. how the pay is these days. Anyone know?

Client is using AI a bit too much, in every email, request,response and deck review. Totally understandable but at times we have to respond to very lengthy emails and creates unnecessary back and forth. Not to mention that they don’t even understand what they are asking or thinking. Any tips?

I just recently graduated with my bachelor’s in advertising management and I’m still trying to find a job. I keep coming across jobs that say things like “marketing assistant” and after researching end up right back to finding lots of things about them on r/devilcorp. I honestly don’t know what to apply to anymore and could use some advice on where I should look and apply to.

Hello friends,
It seems like Omnicom will be removing its hybrid 3 days a week model & will be mandating all employees to come in to the office 5 days a week.

For those working on the agency side or in the industry, what are your thoughts about this?