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Arts and Entertainment Workers Struggle To Secure Unemployment Benefits

Each day there are more reports of agency layoffs in the face of reduced client spending. What about everyone else involved in the making of advertising? What's the situation on the ground for people outside the agency walls—the freelance writers, musicians, directors, editors, actors et al? How are they holding things together? "Freelancers are experiencing the greatest financial crisis in modern history. With …

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Wieden+Kennedy Isn’t Used To Vulnerability or Criticism, But Here’s A Chance to Learn

Wieden+Kennedy, the agency with 11 Agency of the Year credits to its name, laid off 11% of its global workforce due to financial impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. W+K has offices in Portland, New York, Amsterdam, Tokyo, London, Shanghai, Delhi, and Sao Paulo. Prominent W+K clients include Airbnb, Coca-Cola, Disney, Facebook, Old Spice, Ford, McDonald's, and KFC. A Negotiated Settlement “We negotiated …

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Aisha Hakim Conducts Gut Check, Takes Her Talents Elsewhere

The ad agency business is not in the best shape today. I've been describing the conditions that led to this sorry state for years, as have other concerned individuals. Some of the prevailing themes are brain drain, poor work conditions, lack of diversity, loss of creativity, propeller heads gone wild, et al. Aisha Hakim, a senior art director at Venables Bell & Partners, who recently stepped away from her job …

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There Is No Relationship Between the Size of Your Talent and Size of Your Market

Editor’s note: This third article in our new Emerging Voices Series is made possible by the generous support of our patrons on Patreon. The advertising industry is a solar system. The sun represents the brands we make work for—they give us our central purpose and provide vital resources. The planets are advertising’s preeminent cities like New York, LA, London, Tokyo, etc. The hundreds of moons that orbit …

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Author, Artist and Entrepreneur—Gay Gaddis—Provides Some Solid Career Advice

Do you know Gay Gaddis? The author of Cowgirl Power—How to Kick Ass In Business and Life, Gaddis started T3 in Austin in 1989. Today her son, Ben Gaddis, helps to run the agency which was purchased in 2019 by California-based LRW Group. “The partnership with LRW Group gives us the ability to scale and take T3 to the next level while maintaining our unique culture,” Ben Gaddis said. Gay Gaddis, who recently …

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David Aaker on the Power of Stories to Shape the Discussion

Tech evangelist Guy Kawasaki's new podcast, "Remarkable People," continues to bring interesting authorities to the fore. This week's episode features professor, author, and consultant, David Aaker, "the godfather of branding." Aaker is a professor emeritus of the Haas School of Business of UC Berkley, the vice-chairman of a marketing and branding firm called Prophet, and an executive advisor to the Japanese …

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The Adpulp Interview: Katherine Hollar Barnard

Katherine Hollar Barnard is a force, a dynamo, a badass. She's the founder and CEO at Firesign in Kansas City, which offers "enlightened legal marketing" to its clients. We became friends two years ago and I want to mention why that is. This lady is fierce. I admire this in her, and in others. Katie is also brilliant and funny. Plus, she's a straight-shooting Midwesterner who loves sports and barbecue. In other …

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Creative Unicorns Starting to Multiply

Editor’s note: This second article in our new Emerging Voices series is made possible by the generous support of Looney Advertising in Montclair, NJ. The advertising industry calls them unicorns—the creatives that are skilled in both art direction and copywriting. When a unicorn is discovered, some advertising veterans that believe in the traditional creative structure question their authenticity. Is their horn …

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