Junior - Celebrating life at the bottom

Dec 04, 11

Junior Jobs

This boutique Brisbane agency is on the lookout for a young, hungry team who want to achieve awesome things. You’ll be independent, self-motivated and have 2-3 years in agency land under your belt working on integrated solutions for a range of clients. You’ll need to be skilled with your craft, the writer able to write long copy in a variety of voices and the art director all over the Adobe suite. You’ll get your hands on a diverse range of briefs, with plenty of opportunities to get some TV on your reel. Experience writing and creating for digital is a bonus. We may consider singles, but if you’re already in a functional team, that would go a long way.

Email jenniferk@makecommunications.com (jenniferk null@null makecommunications NULL.com ) with folio .pdf, CV and any appropriate links.

JUNIOR-JOBS |

Nov 28, 11

The Monday Morning WHIP // 155

Are you climbing Everest or just hanging out at basecamp?

I put a call in to my financial planner the other day but was told he was unavailable for the next two weeks as he was climbing Mount Everest.

Which is not the sort of behaviour I expect from a nerdy accountant to be honest.

But when I did a bit of digging, I found out that many high level business people tackle challenges like this.

Getting a job as a creative is a bit like climbing your own personal Everest.

It’s something that requires guts.

And persistence.

It’s something that doesn’t happen in a day or two.

In fact it’s a very long haul.

And along the way you will encounter a great deal of hardship and suffering.

But when you scale that mountain you will experience a feeling like no other.

WHIP |

Nov 21, 11

The Monday Morning WHIP // 154

This week Stan gets us thinking about whether we’re being creative with our creativity.

Did you see the article in the news the other day about kids creating mobile apps? (http://www NULL.theage NULL.com NULL.au/digital-life/smartphone-apps/appy-kids-making-big-bucks-20111116-1nj3u NULL.html)

And when I say kids I don’t mean young people. I mean bloody 14 and 15 year old kids.

This morning I read about a girl who created a successful web business at 18 who has now, at the age of 20, has been accepted into a start up incubator program in the US. (http://www NULL.theage NULL.com NULL.au/technology/technology-news/aussie-nikki-joins-silicon-valley-millionaire-factory-20111118-1nlud NULL.html)

I cannot tell you how envious I am of these kids.

Yes, I know what you’re thinking, they’re probably nerds.

But guess what kids – these young people are using their creativity to create things that make money.

Now I don’t know about you, but maybe, just maybe, this is a better way to pursue a creative career than hawking a folio around or doing something like Award School.

Then again, maybe not.

Definitely food for thought on a Monday morning though.

WHIP |

Nov 14, 11

The Monday Morning WHIP // 153

This week, Stan (http://branddna NULL.blogspot NULL.com) moves into the profound stuff.

Over the last few weeks I’ve had a lot of coffees with a lot of interesting people.

All of them are making money from their creativity.

All of them work in the industry we loosely call advertising.

Yet none of them actually create advertising.

Well not advertising as we know it.

They’re developing apps, creating utilities, working on platforms and doing stuff with communities.

This excites me a lot.

What doesn’t excite me is the fact that most young people who show me their folio still have a book of print ads.

Agencies are full of very talented people doing great ads or at the very least passable ones.

So why would you bother trying to compete with them, when you could be doing things that are much more interesting and engaging?

WHIP |

Nov 07, 11

The Monday Morning WHIP // 152

As much as we’d like to say this week the WHIP is about Connect 4 and an upcoming tournament we’re holding at the next event, Stan (http://branddna NULL.blogspot NULL.com) has something else to say about con-network-ecting.

Since you left college how many people have you shown your work to?

Quite a lot I imagine.

Because whether you want to be a writer, designer, photographer, film maker or any other kind of creative, you need to show your stuff to people in order to get a look in at opportunities.

So out of all those people you’ve seen, how many of them have you connected with on Linkedin?

Yes Linkedin.

Not a lot I imagine.

Sure it may not seem as fun as Facebook or as witty as Twitter, but as far as your career goes Linkedin is where you should be focussing you your social networking efforts.

Because it enables you connect with people of influence. And through that, if you’re clever, see who else they’re connected to.

Just like you can on Facebook.

But rather than sharing party pix and dumb arse status updates, Linkedin is all about work.

And isn’t that, after all, where your efforts should really be aimed?

WHIP |

Nov 04, 11

The Junior Mixtape // 08

Well, we haven’t had one of these for a while. Our stereo is a little lacking in sounds, so we thought yours might be too. And! We have a new mix-tape pair extraordinaire! We lost our previous lad (http://anotherpatrickcollins NULL.com) (he’s off doing super cool things in Denver, Colorado (http://denverofcourse NULL.com/)), so Comeback Kid (http://comebackkid NULL.com NULL.au) are helping us belt out the beats.

Dance! Dance! Dance! They even made the cover too, they’re pretty rad.

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Or, right click here to download. (http://dl NULL.dropbox NULL.com/u/5619898/Junior%20Mix%20Tape%2008 NULL.mp3)

Every month we like to profile a young artist/designer/writer/etc via the mixtape cover. Are you interested? Email us, wtf@lifeatthebottom.com (wtf null@null lifeatthebottom NULL.com)

MIXTAPE | Tags: COMEBACK KID, MIXTAPE

Oct 31, 11

The Monday Morning WHIP // 151

While we’re now three, and have accumulated Fisher Price trucks, kitchens and play pens, Stan (http://branddna NULL.blogspot NULL.com) thinks you should now be onto it enough to have lost the training wheels.

Junior turned three this week.

Experts say that children learn more in their first three or four years than they do throughout the rest of their life.

I’m not sure if that’s 100% true, but it sure sounds impressive when you quote it.

If it is true, then it stands to reason that if you visit Junior regularly then you should by now have absorbed enough wisdom to last you a lifetime.

Or a least enough for a career.

Which you most probably have, but chances are it isn’t enough to get you through the door and behind a desk.

And as harsh as it may sound, that is the grim reality.

But, as the cliché goes, when the going gets tough the tough get going.

So don’t dismay. Don’t feel sorry for yourself. And definitely don’t give up.

Getting a job where you make money from your creativity has never been easy.

If it was every idiot with a half baked idea would be doing it.

Keep on working on your concepts. Keep on sharing your thinking with senior people. Keep on asking for criticism of your work. Keep on making coffees to support yourself in the mean time. And most of all keep on keeping on.

Because you don’t need to be the best qualified person for the job. You need to be the person with the passion and persistence to land it.

WHIP |

Oct 27, 11

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MISCELLANEOUS |

Oct 24, 11

The Monday Morning WHIP // 150

This morning marks our one hundred and fiftieth Monday Morning WHIP! One hundred and fifty! Can you believe it!? For this momentous occasion Stan has found some advice that is as true today as it was the day it was written. Behold — Stan’s very first post!

Making the transition from aspiring creative to working creative isn’t easy. Never has been. Never will be.

It takes a combination of four things; talent, work, persistence and luck. Yes luck.

Talent is a given. If you haven’t got any, there’s not much chance you’ll ever crack a gig. So if you don’t have talent buy yourself a suit and go work as one.

Getting a creative gig takes work. A lot of work.

Don’t think that because you’ve got a degree you’re guaranteed a job. You’re not.

It takes work. A lot of work. That’s where persistence comes in.

If being a creative is what you want to be, what you really want to be, then you’ll get a job. Eventually.

But getting that job takes persistence.

It might take you a month. It might take you three months. It may even take you a year.

In essence, it takes as long as it takes.

I’m temped to tell you not to despair, but I know you will. I did!

But if being a creative is what you want to be, what you really want to be, you have to keep on keeping on. No matter how long it takes you.

Because sooner or later you’ll be in the right place at the right time to land a job.

It may not be your dream job. It may not be at the place you always saw yourself working. But your first job is a result of talent, work, persistence and luck. A lot of luck.

WHIP | Tags: STAN LEE, WHIP

Oct 19, 11

Junior Event // 29

Oops. We forgot we took photos at our last event in Melbourne at The Worker’s Club a couple of weeks ago. But we didn’t forget Brendan! As the Editor of the newly revamped Desktop (http://desktopmag NULL.com NULL.au) magazine, his tips were great – and you can see most of them in the snaps below.