Turning on the Bright Lights and Living Colorfully
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of working in a marketing agency.
I know when we were in school, the teacher always said "there's no such thing as a stupid question"... as in don't be shy, curiosity is a beautiful thing, it's lovely to wonder, and questioning what you hear is all part of the learning process. But lately I've noticed that some people like to take this phrase to mean something more ...
Instability can be synonymous with agency life. You have days where you hop a flight to attend a fancy trade show, your client approves everything you put in front of them, or you kill it at a pitch you've been preparing for weeks, maybe win a brand new piece of business, and expense a glamorous dinner afterward. ...
I was on a conference call today that lasted an hour and 45 minutes. It was chaotic, unorganized and really unproductive. This was mostly due to the fact that we had a coworker who couldn't stop YELLING. I was pretty taken aback because I hadn't worked with this person much prior to this meeting... Heard some ...
You guys... one of my pet peeves is when I see people's names spelled wrong in an email. Not just my own name, but anyone's name. I know it may not seem like a big deal, but I think it's just plain rude and careless. Especially when the email is coming from an Outlook account at ...
I've been ordering healthy office snacks for my coworkers over the past several months. I pick something different each week and get it delivered to the office through Amazon Fresh. It's a quick, easy, low-maintenance way to incorporate something positive into the daily grind. You can see the post I wrote on our first month's shopping list ...
I've been working with Gabe Yeh and Matt Trettin from 0484CREATIVE for a couple years now and I must say... they are one of my all-time favorite agencies to partner with. 0484Creative is a studio based in Orange County that just kills it when it comes to video production and photography. What I appreciate most about working with ...
Last week was one of those weeks where everything was just unnecessarily difficult... I attended meetings that should have been emails. I was asked multiple questions in a row that I had already answered a month ago. (more…)
It's so easy to eat junk at work, especially when you're stressed or busy, which is not at all uncommon in agency life. It's unavoidable... if it's not candy or soda out of the vending machine, it's leftover bagels and pastries from the morning client meetings. None of that is going anywhere, so we've been trying something ...
Hi Guys! I can't believe a year has flown by since I started Agency Addicts. This week was our 1 year anniversary! Thank you all so much for all your support, both here and on my social media channels. I've eaten enough donuts for all of us in celebration. Writing for this blog makes me ...
Ivy Liu, Creative Director of Creative Agency KWORQ, invites us to take a look behind the curtain of this boutique agency that specializes in video and celebrates with whiskey. I love coming across agencies that take on colossal projects amongst a strong but small, lean, mean team. Check out their new Soho office, how laughter and liquor are necessary ...
