Thoughts on creativity, Pharma and whatnot
You can do all the training and fill in all the applications and conclude you 'deserve' a promotion at your next review, but the easiest way for a boss to tell if you are right for that step up is if you are already stepping up.
Last year I wrote a blag about being made redundant and how it nearly always leads on to better things and new opportunities. https://ollycaporn.com/2022/06/08/the-redundant-blog Little did I know that I was about to test my own theory when the sword of Damocles finally fell last September and I left CDM London. Me and my big... Continue Reading →
And so dear reader, I am compelled to only write three centenary blog reviews. Two seems too few, four is too many and much like the Holy hand grenade of Antioch, 'five is right out'.
Sooner or later every one gets made redundant in this business. What strategies can you employ beyond going freelance?
Recently I was asked if I would give some advice to a friend of a young colleague on how to get into advertising, specifically as a creative. It occurred to me that I am not sure I know how anymore, so I said the best person to talk to was our junior art director, Ellie. Then I... Continue Reading →
ollycaporn's blag 