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Silver Linings

Had a moment of clarity last week where I thought about my time in the industry since my first layoff in 2017 that helped me reframe the instability I encountered and how it prepared …
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December 1, 2024

Best Practices

Had a quick thought and made a visual to support it.
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August 12, 2024

Hire a Freelancer (for Full-Time)

It usually surprises people when I tell them I prefer full-time to freelance because they look at my resume and see how much I've freelanced during my career. Well the secret is I never …
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July 23, 2024

Creating Your Own Competition

The funny thing to me about ad agencies is that, especially as you get to the higher levels you aren't paying people to work for you as much as you are paying them to …
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July 6, 2024

AIDC Redux

I posted about my AIDC boxes on LinkedIn last week and the post had a minor blowup. 30k+ views and almost 250 likes with lots of well wishes and compliments. Not too bad for …
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April 29, 2024

Lamenting a Lack of Leadership

For a few weeks now I'd been discussing with friends my frustration with agency leaders who had been dead quiet on what was happening in the industry right now. After some encouragement from my …
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April 5, 2024
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Squarespaced

Last week Squarespace posted about a new Sr. Art Director position in LA and honestly, on paper it'd be a great match for me. But none of that matters if I can't get an …
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February 5, 2024

There’s plenty of Crying in Advertising

I really do believe that certain "taboo" subjects should be talked about more openly so they won't be taboo anymore. I've done it in the past when I posted about pay ranges for full-time …
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August 25, 2023
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Free Headshots

The other week I made an offer on LinkedIn to take free headshots of any out-of-work creatives who wanted a refresh. I only had one person take me up, so everyone else's loss. Brandi …
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August 5, 2023

Family Matters

With the baby coming soon, I took some time to reflect on what it meant for my career. Seems to have resonated a bit.
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August 4, 2023