So You Want A Job in Creative Services:Career Advice from an MBA

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Assumptions: That you are interested in a career in this field, and that you may not know how to get there. I am going to focus on what I know, which is creative services- agency life. There’s obviously a whole world of client-side roles out there- marketing managers at CPG firm, marketing managers for consumer products, etc. I don’t know enough about world to give you good advice.

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  1. So You Want A Job in Creative Services: Career Advice from an MBA Misha Cornes Director of Strategy, Organic April 20, 2006
  2. Agenda
    • Organic Experience Design
    • Where Do You Fit In?
    • Discussion
  3. 3 minutes on Organic
    • We are user experience experts who think holistically about marketing problems.
    • We build Websites and Online Advertising Campaigns.
    • We do it by creating exceptional experiences.
  4. Our Clients
  5. Why Should You Care?
  6.  
  7. Brand Advertising AWARENESS & EMOTIONAL RESONANCE
  8. Brand Advertising AWARENESS & EMOTIONAL RESONANCE Promotional Advertising DESIREABILITY AT POINT OF SALE
  9. Brand Advertising AWARENESS & EMOTIONAL RESONANCE Promotional Advertising DESIRABILITY AT POINT OF SALE Voice of the Customer UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR
  10. Brand Advertising AWARENESS & EMOTIONAL RESONANCE Promotional Advertising DESIRABILITY AT POINT OF SALE Voice of the Customer UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR Design Movement USABILITY & ESTHETICS
  11. Brand Advertising AWARENESS & EMOTIONAL RESONACE Promotional Advertising DESIRABILITY AT POINT OF SALE Voice of the Customer UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR Design Movement USABILITY & ESTHETICS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Experience Design
  12. Brand Advertising AWARENESS & EMOTIONAL RESONACE Promotional Advertising DESIRABILITY AT POINT OF SALE Voice of the Customer UNDERSTANDING CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR Design Movement USABILITY & ESTHETICS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Experience Design
  13. I’m in the Business of Empathy
  14. I’m in the Business of Emotion
  15. I’m in the Business of Creating Experiences
  16. Questions I had when I was sitting in your chair five years ago…
    • What kind of company should I be targeting?
    • Do I have any aptitude for this?
    • Are there any jobs out there?
    • What am I gaining and what am I giving up?
  17. 1. What company?
  18. Customer Lifecycle
  19. Creative Agencies TV, Radio, Outdoor Online Media WOM UE and Human Factors Market Research & Trends Product Design Branding Identity & Naming Web Content Direct Response Loyalty Programs WOM Interactive Marketing - Web, Mobile, Events Environments Design Packaging & Graphic Design
  20. 2. Do I Have Any Aptitude?
  21. Ask Yourself Why You Want to Work in Creative Services
    • Love of consumer brands?
    • Interest in creativity and innovation?
    • Interest in cross-disciplinary teamwork?
    • Interest in Digital Media?
    • Want to shape customer behavior?
  22. What Skills and Traits Are Required?
    • Understand good design, and can speak to it with clients and creative
    • Flexible in your thinking
    • Comfortable with uncertainty
    • Excited about the customer and customer experience
    • An idea-generator, a thought-starter, a questioner
    • A good listener- hearing insights and perspectives from others
    • Comfortable working across disciplines
    • Synthesis and framework thinking
  23. 3. Are there any jobs out there?
  24. VISIBILITY Trigger 1994 Peak of Inflated Expectations 1999 2003 2005 Trough of Disillusionment Slope of Enlightenment Plateau of Productivity 2010 Gartner Hype Cycle
  25. VISIBILITY Field of Dreams 1994 1999 2003 2005 2007 Gartner Hype Cycle eBusiness Banner Advertising Campaign Management Content Management Email marketing Dialogue management eCommerce Analytics Rich media experiences Behavioral Targeting Viral Marketing Word of Mouth Web 2.0 2010
  26. Making Your Skills Relevant
    • Think about how your vertical expertise might apply
    • Take the New Product Development Course
    • Flex your customer experience brain
    • Talk with specialist recruiters
    • Be willing to stand out
    • Get an internship
    • Network
    Be Willing to Stand Out
  27. 4. What am I gaining, and what am I giving up?
  28. What are you Giving Up?
    • $$$
    • Be prepared to be one ingredient, not the main dish
    • Have to prove your value at each stop along the way
    • You will need to forge you own career path
    • Peer understanding and prestige
  29. What Do You Gain?
    • I exercise the “creative” part of my brain everyday, but not in the way I imagined
    • A lot of energy- this feels like a new era for marketing communications
    • I wear whatever I want
    • Traditional business culture – real deadlines, teamwork – but without the role-playing
    • My quirkiness is valued, not suppressed
    • Interdisciplinary teams
    • Physical (well, digital) outputs to my work
    • The opportunity to experiment
    • Zero repercussions for switching jobs
  30. Thank you! [email_address]

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