tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21811294.post6293888460065893837..comments2023-10-12T14:50:02.410+01:00Comments on Not Voodoo: The Placement Tradition: "nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash."williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10937585600771849760noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21811294.post-31001522052951879012009-04-30T23:13:00.000+01:002009-04-30T23:13:00.000+01:00Heady days Phil.Heady days Phil.williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937585600771849760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21811294.post-24889872785786769812009-04-30T22:53:00.000+01:002009-04-30T22:53:00.000+01:00You forgot, 'Paper, you've just brought me a load ...You forgot, 'Paper, you've just brought me a load of paper, I've got paper'.Phil Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21811294.post-53491376898076608602009-04-29T13:52:00.000+01:002009-04-29T13:52:00.000+01:00One particular joy is learning the subtle nuances ...One particular joy is learning the subtle nuances of the language the placement system adopts. For example when the person you have been seeing fortnightly at 7.30am for the past 3 months closes your book with an air of approval before muttering the 5 words you've been waiting so long to hear-"we're going to get you in", what he actually means is, "I don't actually have the authority to make such a decision, and, to top it off, having altered your book so that it represents what I like rather than what the creative director likes, I've almost certainly harmed your chances of ‘getting in’. Put another way he means "we're not".Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18368971868013421998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21811294.post-18313617883840062622009-04-29T13:23:00.000+01:002009-04-29T13:23:00.000+01:00Marvellous stuff, Mr Comstock.
I asked the wise c...Marvellous stuff, Mr Comstock.<br /><br />I asked the wise commenters on Scamp yesterday what I should do to get a gig in advertising if I was already working in PR and couldn't just quit my job. (Mortgage and all that.)<br /><br />Their answer: Go on a workshop. Get a big fucking loan. Go on placements. Oh, and quit your job. You retarded shit.<br /><br />For an industry that prides itself on being open to new ways of doing things and creating Big Ideas, that sounded like a Really Fucking Awful Idea to me.<br /><br />Hopefully, since I'm not in London, I'll manage to get a job without having to completely fuck up everything I've worked and saved up for until now. <br /><br />If not, there's always journalism. I hear the newspapers are doing well.Intergralnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21811294.post-84830904806467782692009-04-29T13:11:00.000+01:002009-04-29T13:11:00.000+01:00Is it like "Hunger" Aaron?Is it like "Hunger" Aaron?williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10937585600771849760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21811294.post-42537122868556281382009-04-29T13:06:00.000+01:002009-04-29T13:06:00.000+01:00just one cunt - you lucky chap.just one cunt - you lucky chap.mmhttp://www.whitelimbic.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21811294.post-90416290716815666542009-04-29T12:46:00.000+01:002009-04-29T12:46:00.000+01:00Young creatives in England should simply move to S...Young creatives in England should simply move to Scandinavia. Especially copywriters. Agencies in Sweden and Denmark have lots of international accounts. They need stuff that works internationally. They need people that can write English.<br /><br />I tripled my money overnight when I moved to Denmark.Aaronhttp://somethingrotten.dknoreply@blogger.com