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Getting a Foot in the Door

by Bob Akers

Interviews with advertising agency professionals for students who want to know more about how to get their foot in the door.

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Episodes

  1. Gary Doyle, Group Creative Director, C-K

    Gary Doyle, Group Creative Director at Cramer-Krasselt in Chicago, talks about how he landed his first copywriting job and parlayed that into a successful career at Leo Burnett and C-K.

  2. Taylor Styduhar, Senior Recruiter, DDB Chicago

    In this episode, Taylor Styduhar talks about what she looks for in student portfolios and the summer internship program at DDB in Chicago

  3. Zach Peters, Creative Recruitment Manager at FCB Chicago

    Zach discusses the summer internship program at FCB Chicago, what he looks for in creative portfolios, the process of approval of books, and his role in it.

  4. Mary Therese Barkhausen, Recruitment Director at Dentsu Aegis Network

    Mary Therese, or MT as she's called, discusses her various roles at McGarry-Bowen in Chicago, which is part of the Dentsu Aegis Network. While she's been an account executive and creative recruiter, she currently is a recruiter for account and strategy applicants and discusses what she looks for…

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  5. Ben Urkov, Manager, Customer & Market Insights at Salesforce

    Ben discusses his summer job driving the Oscar Meyer wiener mobile, how he landed his first job at McGarry-Bowen in Chicago and ended up on the strategic side of advertising, as well as his experience at Energy BBDO. He also discusses what it takes to be a strategist/planner and his advice to...

  6. Nicole Camacho, Account Executive, Deutsch, NY

    Nicole, a graduate of Loyola University, Chicago's School of Communication, talks about her start in advertising on the account side at Leo Burnett, her experiences at Energy BBDO and Deutsch as well as the cultural differences of working in Chicago versus NY. She also discusses what it takes to...

  7. Kate Steinberg, Senior Copywriter, FCB, Chicago

    Kate talks about how she landed her first job in advertising and how she's continued to be successful as a copywriter at various agencies, what those experiences were like and her advice for students looking to get into advertising..

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Interviews with advertising agency professionals for students who want to know more about how to get their foot in the door.

HOSTED BY

Bob Akers

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Interviews with advertising agency professionals for students who want to know more about how to get their foot in the door.

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