http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy if you have a question, Jancy has an answer Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:20:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/04/17/graduating-from-school-without-any-portfolio-worthy-work-help/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/04/17/graduating-from-school-without-any-portfolio-worthy-work-help/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:20:11 +0000 Ignacio Oreamuno http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2495
Dear Jancy: I’m a senior at Northern Arizona University, and I’m majoring in advertising. I’m only 3 classes away from getting my bachelor’s degree now, and I have only just started producing work for my book. I have a couple of questions if you have time to answer them. 1) I just finished up a 5 month internship at a small ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/04/17/graduating-from-school-without-any-portfolio-worthy-work-help/feed/ 0 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/21/my-cd-isnt-around-to-give-direction-help/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/21/my-cd-isnt-around-to-give-direction-help/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:37:57 +0000 Ignacio Oreamuno http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2492
Dear Jancy: How involved in my day should the creative director be? I’m now in my second agency (a great agency which I came to in order to work with a better CD) and I see the CD maybe once a week for fifteen minutes. The account’s creative team is only like five people right now, so It’s not like ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/21/my-cd-isnt-around-to-give-direction-help/feed/ 0 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/14/after-a-decade-of-creative-im-thinking-about-switching-to-planning/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/14/after-a-decade-of-creative-im-thinking-about-switching-to-planning/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:30:21 +0000 Ignacio Oreamuno http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2491
Dear Jancy, I work as a Creative Group Head in a well-established agency. I’ve been working as a creative (art) for almost 10 years and I can say that I did some good works and even won international awards. But recently, I am having the desire to work as a strategy planner. I’m not sure if it’s a crazy idea or ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/14/after-a-decade-of-creative-im-thinking-about-switching-to-planning/feed/ 1 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/08/can-a-bi-curious-creative-come-out-as-a-planner/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/08/can-a-bi-curious-creative-come-out-as-a-planner/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:06:39 +0000 Ignacio Oreamuno http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2489
Hey Jancy, I’m in a bit of a pickle. I have finished university and portfolio school and had a few agency stints as a writer. I have always been a bit of a strategic thinker which has helped me write some pretty fun and engaging digital work. I’ve seen the work planners have done and have thought maybe I am more suited to that ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/08/can-a-bi-curious-creative-come-out-as-a-planner/feed/ 0 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/07/forget-creatives-for-a-sec-how-does-an-accounts-person-get-noticed/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/07/forget-creatives-for-a-sec-how-does-an-accounts-person-get-noticed/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:07:08 +0000 Ignacio Oreamuno http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2487
Hi guys! Big fan of your book… it helped transform my internship into a job as an Account Coordinator! I notice that most of the stuff you guys answer in Ask Jancy relates to the creative side of the business, and I have a suit-side question. What makes a great suit, and what helps him or her get noticed and get promoted? What, ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/03/07/forget-creatives-for-a-sec-how-does-an-accounts-person-get-noticed/feed/ 1 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/20/making-the-move-from-usa-to-canada-what-do-i-need-to-know/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/20/making-the-move-from-usa-to-canada-what-do-i-need-to-know/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:52:00 +0000 Brett http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2485
Dear Jancy, I am a Sr. Art Director living in the US, but thinking about a move to Toronto. I have a few questions pertaining to the possible move and wanted to know if you could help. The first question revolves around a U.S. Citizen working in Canada. What is the process when it comes to applying for a work visa, and ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/20/making-the-move-from-usa-to-canada-what-do-i-need-to-know/feed/ 0 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/16/how-do-i-prove-my-value-after-my-partner-has-left/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/16/how-do-i-prove-my-value-after-my-partner-has-left/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:25:39 +0000 Brett http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2483
Hi Jancy, My art-director is about to leave to join a girlfriend of his abroad, thus stopping advertising for a while. We’ve done good work together, but most of the times, I’ve had to drag him along with me to get better ideas, to be more ambitious and to want to reach higher. However, with him gone, I’m a bit worried ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/16/how-do-i-prove-my-value-after-my-partner-has-left/feed/ 0 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/10/from-client-side-to-copywriting-ad-school-straight-to-work-or-another-path/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/10/from-client-side-to-copywriting-ad-school-straight-to-work-or-another-path/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:01:03 +0000 Brett http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2482
Dear Jancy, I sincerely hope you can help and request that you please bear with my somewhat complex dual-layer question. I’ve been working in London as a client-side MarComs Exec for 3 years now and over the past year have slowly been getting more and more consumed with the idea of being an ad copywriter. I’ve got an MA in Literature, love words ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/10/from-client-side-to-copywriting-ad-school-straight-to-work-or-another-path/feed/ 0 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/08/long-out-of-school-should-i-go-back-in-order-to-break-in/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/08/long-out-of-school-should-i-go-back-in-order-to-break-in/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:26:21 +0000 Brett http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2479
Hello, I am 3 years out of school and only have a 3 month intership in the marketing department of a school. I was wondering what are some things you would recommend for someone who is trying to become a copywriter after being out of school for so long. I was looking into Chicago Portfolio School. Is that school any good ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/08/long-out-of-school-should-i-go-back-in-order-to-break-in/feed/ 1 http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/07/employment-limbo-i-quit-my-job-before-the-next-one-was-confirmed-help/ http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/07/employment-limbo-i-quit-my-job-before-the-next-one-was-confirmed-help/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:30:12 +0000 Brett http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/?p=2477
Dear Jancy, Last week, I got an offer from the largest agency in Taiwan (hooray!) and then I resigned from my current agency. Today, I got the letter saying they won’t proceed because the former creative director (the one I interviewed with) left. Got stuck in the employment limbo. What should I do at this point? Ouch! First, as a matter of course, you should ...]]> http://ihaveanidea.org/askjancy/2012/02/07/employment-limbo-i-quit-my-job-before-the-next-one-was-confirmed-help/feed/ 0