I won't apologise, it has all been for a very good reason, or rather a number of reasons, for one the intensity with working in a smaller agency is far greater than it was at JWT. At least that's the way it seems.
Don't get me wrong - we're still new to the game - but what a complete contrast! I don't think we could have imagine it going from one extreme to the other. The Agency isn't nearly as big as JWT but it is certainly just as impressive in its own way.
From day one we were round the board/ conference table sitting with the other Creatives, execs and a range of accounts staff - what an introduction. Straight in the door and straight on a brief, no time to settle - the way i'd expect any agency to be. Do the work - that's what you're there for.
As usual you worry about making first great impression, you've done the crit or possibly more, they've got you in, but you can't relax. Well that was 2 weeks or so ago and after the big push, I felt it was time to write another post. The all nighter the night before last has left me a little wired but the execs have flown off to Russia, so the pressure eases off a little, but we still have plenty to do. We've been working on a big Vodka brand, a broadband service and now having a play about with some whiskey.
The last two weeks have flown by at the speed of light, having now officially become residents of London, started our second placement & had plenty of other things to keep us busy such as the YCN Live event - we've not really had a chance to sit back and stop to take it all in and it looks like we won't especially since our graduation ceremony/ ball is at the end of the week. Now that I've racked up more miles on a train that i'd ever had imagined, things should be back on track (excuse the pun - unintentional) and I will get everything back up to speed come the weekend.
*Illustration - Hugh Macleod
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