A couple of weeks ago, I went to Madrid with work – the first trip since the whole, sad divorce thing. I had been worried that it was going to be awful – and in some ways, it was (the reality of being away from everyone, and the fact that that will be a reality [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Planners’
Waking Up Surrounded by Pringles
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Planning, Drunk, Evenings Out in Madrid, Fiona Shaw, Madrid, Old Friend at Work, Planners, Pringles, The Gathering, The Smallest Media Planner in the World on January 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When Planners Get Together – “I Don’t Know…”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising Agency, American Diva Planning Friend, Design, Mitchell and Webb, Open Plan, Planners on August 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a great Mitchell and Webb sketch, wherein they play an author and an editor, with the latter giving endless recommendations to the former, and then withdrawing them with the coda of “…not that, obviously. YOU’RE the creative one.” After minutes of this, the author is left aware that he is being asked to do [...]
Saying “Yes”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Planners, Planning, Yes on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Two new Planners have joined my team – and the difference that their arrival has made has been staggering. It isn’t so much the workload that I notice (I have got used to, and then got good at, getting through an awful lot in very little time), it is the difference that it makes to [...]
Sentimental Journey
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Interviews, Planners on May 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My desk is awash with the CVs of would-be Planners and would-be-far-better-paid Planners. I find it quite easy to be brutal about the senior people who are looking to manage their careers, and make the next “smart move” – and so they’ve had a fifty per cent success rate with me. The great ones are [...]
I MAY Be A Moaning Twat
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Advertising Planning, Planners, Planning on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tuesday, 29th May 2007 I have a feeling that I am turning into the sort of person that I hate: a moaning twat. I think it’s the basis for much philosophy and a huge number of film franchises that the root of all that you hate is buried within you, but it’s a bit disconcerting [...]
Two Interviewees – Compare and Contrast
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Interviews, Planners on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What a striking difference there was between two men whom I interviewed for senior roles this week! The first made my heart sink: from his Penfold-like appearance and demeanour, to his ghastly verbal skills (prefacing every swearword with either: “If you’ll pardon my French…” or “The technical term is…”). I was tempted to terminate the [...]
