juniors cheeky enough to ask for help.
Hello there,
my name is Lazrus Simons and together with my partner Stefan Tarr, we intend on conquering the ad world. Unfortunately when your unemployed, your neither conquering or even persuading, so we are hoping you lovely people here at creative circle can help....We would love if you could post a small ad for us on your blog to beg, bully or influence the reading public into giving us a placement or job of some kind? We're as keen as the last pair to post with you guys, but I couldn't for the life of me, work out how to start a post! We can also claim to be the craziest ideators in the world. Just to add - we are ex students of Axis Ad School, so we are fresh meat ready to cook in the basement of any agency with the courage and ball-etto's to give us a chance.
Thanks for your time either way, I'm off to iron my mothers lapel's.
Yours sincerely
Lazrus Simons
021529787 or surzal@hotmail.com
P.s.Im the art director, so please excuse any mistakes in the england.
posted by CB at 3/06/2006 10:33:00 pm
34 Comments:
Good luck guys. Just get that book in front of people. If the ideas are great you can't lose. If they're not quite great, ask how they could be made great.
11:05 pm NZDT
Careful of them fullas that tell yous it's shit, then publish your work before you've even left their agency bro!
3:16 am NZDT
I'm sorry but writing 'your' instead of you're is inexcusable.
9:48 am NZDT
Go well, go shell. You guys will do well. Just throw your book around all the agencies and here's a tip that not all students do... if a CD tells you something. Do it. If they say progress one of your campaigns - do it before going to the next shop. Many a time I've seen the same book go around all the agencies without any changes or progression to make it better.
11:03 am NZDT
I agree with 9.48. How slack. If you can't even get your own self-promotion speil right what hope is there?
11:44 am NZDT
Absabloodylutely. If you can't tell you're yours from you're you'res you should ask you'reself if your copywriter should have checked you're copy.
11:55 am NZDT
Yeah anyway, more importantly, where's my copy of CB? Maggazino gave up on stocking it and It seems like ages ago since the last one turned up... any of youse got the one with the 3 nobbys on the front yet?
12:06 pm NZDT
there is alot people on this site who talk shit....stick to the thread you frecks....i.e. two jnrs looking for work who need a hand.
if you want to start a thread on spelling or where is your magazine go for it.
Come on everyone...
12:31 pm NZDT
Nerd.
12:36 pm NZDT
I second that. So, wheres my mag?
12:52 pm NZDT
That alligator drawing rocked yesterday
1:00 pm NZDT
The best way to get a job in advertising hasn't changed - you and yer mate come up with kick arse ideas for real world clients (no wacky condom ads please) next trundle them around till it gets you in the door somewhere. Remember you gotta be better than the creatives already there if you're after their jobs and salaries. Then you work your arse off for free chips and beer till you are capable of turning round great work reasonably fast. And just as importantly capable of turning round the daily pap that pays the bills. To be indispensible you need to do both well.
That's it. I really don't think there is much more to say about that in this thread.
(However I'd like to know where my campaign brief is too)
1:13 pm NZDT
1.13 well said. as for 12.31 you are a one frustrated creative....back the neck tag promo's weirdo.
1:33 pm NZDT
Valid point 9:48...
If you're gonna do a piece of self promo, surely you want to come across as professional and articulate. Especially with this crowd. Being an art director is no excuse, if you're a crap writer then get your copywriter to do it.
I'm not trying to slag you off but I think it's definately something you should think about next time.
Good luck
2:14 pm NZDT
OK, time for the one true way to really get a job in advertising.
Practice your best english accent, ring up the CD, say you're from London, and hey bingo, you're in.
Talent not required.
3:08 pm NZDT
Definitely agree with you 2:14.
3:26 pm NZDT
LMFM sucked his boss for his job.
3:32 pm NZDT
This is boring. Any porn?
3:52 pm NZDT
LMFM says i don't have a boss. And my last one (5yrs ago) was a lovely lady and....actually she was your mum. So for the first time i actually agree with you on something.
Back to the neck tags...EMFM
LMFM
3:56 pm NZDT
Oi,
Get back to work.
These boys need help.
I have no job, so i'm no help.
Random
4:19 pm NZDT
Holy shit... I just found out that poos and wees rhymes with cheese...
This is disastrous, what am I gonna tell my parents?
4:39 pm NZDT
I conquered the ad world once.... now I work at Lowe.
5:13 pm NZDT
Agree with the last comment. But make sure you are seeing people who do work you respect. Those are the people you want to work for and those are the ones you want advice from. But listen to everyone. You can disagree when you get home at night.
And mostly, stay off this blog. Nothing good to be learned on here.
9:09 pm NZDT
Most of all, don't do the old 'I'd die to get into advertising' gag, and turn up to an agency in a coffin.
The same goes for the 'I'd give my right arm...' gag.
Also, don't send in your work in a booklet form beforehand, and don't include shite work as a filler.
As the saying goes, 'Show them how good you are, not how bad you are.'
Christ, fuck, I'm being helpful.
I might go an slag off someone on the aussie blog.
9:04 am NZDT
agree with the 'listen to people who's work you respect' comment. when i was shopping my book round as a junior I got my work slagged by a few bitter CD's who were stuck in agencies doing shite (gordon clarke if you're listening - get fucked). but the good ones are constructive and mostly good cunts to boot.
10:06 am NZDT
God bless Gordon Clarke. Didn't he lose all of Y&R's clients with the help of Scutts?
11:15 am NZDT
Yes... Gordo. He never did quite master the concept of being nice.
11:43 am NZDT
Gordy had great eyebrows though. And Karl rates him.
1:12 pm NZDT
So this blog can't be accused of only slagging people off, I'd like to announce that Jello Biafra is funny. I wonder if I know him?
4:51 pm NZDT
clue, he used to work with rob jack
6:38 pm NZDT
Well it ain't Catmur
9:42 pm NZDT
http://www.ipass.net/jthrush/biafra.htm
9:44 pm NZDT
Second that too cus!
2:29 am NZDT
As regards 9.48, you spelled 'spiel' incorrectly, and I figure 'hypocrite' is probably beyond you as well.
Pardon me for the tardy response but I had better things to do than tear down a couple of innocent adschool urchins.
nzdestructivecircle.bilespot.com is truly a sad thing, I hope you sponsor a child or wear poppies as a token attempt to atone for your sad 14 year-old bully habits.
If you think an ad is shit, back it up and do something better. In the context of this blog, that's a truly original idea.
Have a nice weekend living with yourself,
Anon
7:45 pm NZDT
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