Arnie Franke has taken a number of classes at SVC in pursuit of a job as an advertising copywriter. Along with learning a thing or two about concepting and writing, Arnie has also picked up some valuable advice about job-hunting, which he’s graciously agreed to share in this guest blog post. The world of the [...]

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We recently had an interesting experience that inadvertently pointed out one of the pitfalls of social media. An instructor we had lined up to lead a workshop sent an email the day or two before saying that a family member in another city was seriously ill, our instructor’s presence was needed there, and that the [...]

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If you’re looking for an absolutely fabulous job, of course you’re going to want to scour the “careers” sections of in-house creative department and agency websites. No doubt you’ll also see what’s up for grabs on craigslist, monster.com, creative hotlist, and all the rest. But before you put all your eggs in the online job-posting [...]

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The other day, in one of those clearly pre-destined moments of synchronicity, someone sent me a Tweet about a celebrity sighting and a link to a list (albeit a rather unimpressive one) of noteworthy people who have been spotted around Seattle. Later that same day, I heard from my daughter, who’s just getting a career [...]

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