I am spending roughly fifty percent of my time interviewing people at the moment – and not just Planners (though God knows, most of the ones that I have seen are stupefyingly bad), but Account Directors too – and I absolutely detest it. I’m a terrible interviewee myself. Veering wildly between unwelcome familiarity and the sort [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Strategy’
Underwhelmed
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, Interviews, Strategy on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Beauty
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged "The Uses of Enchantment", Beauty, Cocteau, Planning, Strategy on June 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Oh I am having a lovely Planner-y time at the moment! I am having to ensure that I don’t usher Dame Pretention into the parlour and settle her down with a piping hot cup of ludicrousness, but I think (at the moment) that I am managing to steer the course right between “My word, that’s [...]
Oh, Shut Your Shitting Face
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising Planning, French Account Guy Who Wants to be Spanish, Strategy on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday, 28th October 2007 This is what I wanted to say at the meeting in Dubai that I attended with French Account Guy Who Wants To Be Spanish. I presented a strategy and creative work that everyone in the room loved. Apart from one guy who said “I hate the strategy, but I love the [...]
The Week Ahead
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising Planning, Pitch Win, Strategy on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday, 16th March 2008 The week ahead fills me with a sort of dread, almost entirely down to the fact that Very Big Pitch is on Thursday – or at least the strategic component (i.e.: the bit that I am I alone can either fuck up or triumph on) is. On the plus side, I [...]
