Become a Slasher

Another key theme that I picked up on this week, was the idea that agencies are looking for people who aren’t afraid to wear multiple hats. Of course it is important to have the discipline that you specialize in, but more importantly if you can think and speak the language of another discipline, it makes you that much more desirable. This idea of being a slasher can be shown in many different ways, so find some ways in which you can best show that you are a jack of many trades. For example, if you are an art director maybe try to showcase the strategy behind why you chose certain color combinations and fonts for a campaign. Or if you are a strategist showcase how you can understand basic concepts of design through your decks.

It is just doing little things like that, that will showcase to agencies that we are much more than just our titles. Finally, to piggyback off of that point, it has already been said but passion projects are a great outlet to showcase your toolkit and to do projects that you love.

-Ethan Aliste| 5-13-19