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My First Year | Kathryn Farwell

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By KATHRYN FARWELL “You’ll never work harder than you will while in New York.” My boss, Mike Germano, threw out this warning the day of my interview a little over a year ago. I was being interviewed by over 10 employees – which, at the time, was half the office. I can’t say that it scared me; looking to break into the…

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AWSC MY FIRST YEAR: AMY VALE (MOJIVA)

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By AMY VALE My first year, and I do mean real year, in advertising was when I started with Whybin/TBWA in Melbourne, Australia. I was an eager young copywriter, wishing and hoping to write the next big campaign that would rival “For a hard earned thirst, you need a big cold beer, and the best cold beer, is Vic, Victoria…

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AWSC My First Year: Jeff Barry

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By JEFF BARRY Welcome To The Real World  It was February 2008; I had just graduated college a few months prior after an academic stint that would have made Van Wilder blush. I was starting my first full-time job as an account guy for RPA and my excitement was palpable. The commute was arduous – as I drove nearly three…

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AWSC My First Year: Jim Risner

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Interview By JEFF ROZIC Since 2006, Jim Risner has help stock his company’s client portfolio with leading brands, including: Ford, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Sears, MTV and Intel. Votigo has also experienced great success with top-tier agencies like Ogilvy, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, DraftFCB and Arnold Worldwide. But once upon a time, Jim wasn’t responsible for developing and implementing successful…

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AWSC My First Year: Rick Boyko

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Our February conversation with industry leader Rick Boyko. Rick talks about moving to Chicago, getting a gig at Leo Burnett, coming up with new ideas late at night, learning by finding a team he liked, not being afraid to mentor (or being mentored) and more. If you’d like to share your first year in the biz, please visit us and…

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Mitch Joel | Twist Image | Montréal

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Interviewing Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe? Yep. We join Mitch Joel, Partner and President of Twist Image in Montréal for a conversation about his first year. Our discussion touches on the beauty of Montréal and Québec, his first year at a teen magazine (where he interviewed the aforementioned Mr. Lee), his mom’s advice (drop out of school), his evolution to…

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Peter Madden | AgileCat | Philadelphia, PA

A chat with Peter Madden, founder of AgileCat in Philadelphia. He reflects on his first year in the biz and his path as he started his own agency. Our conversation includes: Buying coffee at a law office, and getting in to branding a bit His first gig at Tierney as an investor relations guy What he was doing early in…

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Cristina Pansolini | Saatchi & Saatchi | New York

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Interview with Cristina Pansolini What specifically turned you on to the world of advertising? Did you initially choose to go to NYC to pursue a career in communications? I came to NYC to start my degree in Media, Culture, and Communications at New York University. I always knew I wanted to be in marketing, PR or advertising, but was leaning…

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Mike Caguin

By Mike Caguin   I landed my first full time job as a junior art director in January of 1995 at a small, since-absorbed agency called The Campbell Group in Baltimore. The opportunity came six months after I graduated, roughly around the same time I was beginning to wonder if I’d ever get someone to take a chance on me.…

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Allison Walton, My First Year (So Far)

by Allison Walton You can take the girl out of the South — but you can’t take the South out of the girl.  A little over three months ago, I began my career in New York and finally feel a little more settled and able to reflect on my experiences thus far. I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia and graduated…

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