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So first blog in a while, apologies to my avid readers. If I have any ?

So i am just short of 1 year working full time as an art director. And what can I say other than I am so happy to be here. Absolutely love the industry. But I think I have just become accustom to being in the industry now, 18 months ago I set my self a list of targets (main one being get a job as an art director) which I have done.

But I think now I need to reassess my targets and set some new ones. I will be 25 in January now that won't seem old to people over 30 and I bet they would wish they were 25 again, so they could do things differenlty or not as the case might be. But to me that seems old ! 5 years from 30 is not something I like thinking about.

I want to set my self some new targets to work dowager before I am 30, some won't be career related which is odd for me. Like owning my own house, pay off my over draft !!! Boring shit like that really.

So here we go...

Creative director at a top manchester agency. I have a list of agencies that I want to work for.

Get my book finished and published.

Direct a short film with a group of other roudy creatives - if you interested let me know.

Paint something HUGH ! On a big fuck off canvas.

Start working on my business plan for my own agency.

Open a gallery of photos that are taken using instergram.

Start working with a group of creates on big projects that help society and the world.

Win another award.

Go to a cup final where Newcastle win ! Long shot I know but ey !

So I don't really want much in the next 5 years.

But I am not one for thinking small, sorry Bill.

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Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:36:00 -0800 Job in advertising by december !!! http://memoirsofacreative.posterous.com/job-in-advertising-by-december http://memoirsofacreative.posterous.com/job-in-advertising-by-december

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So its the start of a new decade, Tom is just about to turn 23 and move down to london (hopefully). Tom and I have a few very good book crits coming up this month, JWT, DDB, BMB, M&C Saatchi, WCRS, Mother, Leo Burnett, Farm and AMV BBDO to name just a few.

We were told on our last placement by the creative director that you can either take your book round to 100 agencies till you find someone who likes your work as it is and will offer you a job. Or you can find the top 5 or 10 agencies you want to work for and keep going back until they offer you a placement then a job. We have gone for the latter.

So we both hope that 2010 is that start of an exciting decade where we finally get our break and make it into the weird and wonderful world of Advertising. We know it will be a hard, long struggle but we are both so raring to get stuck into 2010 !!! Happy New Year.

 

 

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