America is an impressionable society. It is a creative director’s job to take advantage of that receptive pliability to advertise different products to the public. Whether people realize it or not, every product they see has subliminal messages to appeal to different types of people. Each of these products has gone through a creative director and his or her team. Creative directors influence the world’s economy and the way consumers think by using a plethora of advertising tactics and sheer ingenuity.
What exactly is a creative director? A creative director thinks of advertising campaigns and slogans for different kinds of products (Snagajob). They are often assisted by one or more copywriters, or people employed to assist them in thinking of different tactics. When a slogan or campaign is agreed upon, the creative director or lead copywriter presents the idea to the company they are campaigning for (Snagajob). If the company likes the idea, it is launched and the agency for which the creative director works receives a percentage of sales money of the product (Snagajob). The advertising agency can handle multiple companies at once. Each assigned company s referred to as an “account” (Snagajob). Depending on revenue generated by the accounts, some may have a higher priority to the advertising agency than others (Groome, *). Some especially large companies may have their own personal creative director to handle business (Snagajob). The average annual income for a creative director is $102,000 (How to be a Creative Director).
Creative directors and their teams have multiple ways of advertising products. Each different way they could advertise is called an “angle” (Groome, *). Angles pertain to what type of person or group o...
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...hey indirectly shape the economy of the planet by molding the way products are advertised to the public. They make or break corporations and events the world over. The lives and minds of many people are changed by creative directors every day. Some of the most powerful and influential men and women on the planet call themselves creative directors.
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Postman states, advertisements were created to “appeal to understanding, and not to passion” (60). It is also stated that producers would make the assumption “that potential buyers were illiterate, rational, and analytical.”(58) Though Neil Postman makes it apparent that advertisers are not always truthful about what they say. Advertisers also tried to appeal to the masses by coming up with catchy slogans to lure people in.
When looking at the history of advertising, there are many names that cannot be forgotten when accrediting the development of the industry. A real “mad men,” Hal Riney was once the embodiment of a straight shooting, chain smoking, whiskey drinking, womanizer, many advertising guru’s are portrayed as on today’s television. Riney’s ethics inspired a new wave of creative advertising. He had become a new voice, displayed a new way of thinking, and a extruded a exemplary attitude for an entire industry to follow. Hal Riney was a strong willed individual, who kept his head on his own shoulders and strayed far along in his own path.
This book has opened a whole new perspective on advertising and the reasons we buy things and regret them later. Thinking that I have the urge for a McDonalds hamburger may feel real, or it might just be an elaborate, expensive advertising technique used to manipulate my buying behavior.
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...ons that the company makes. Finally the artistic director is usually the founder of the company.
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Working at an agency offers creative professionals a fast-paced, collaborative environment where they'll be exposed to a wide variety of projects instead of working with just one client. The mentorship and education that senior creative professionals at an agency can provide is a big advantage for younger creative professionals when choosing between agency and in-house work. The ad agency market is strong and expected to stay strong -- the total number of agencies in the US is trending up, and in total, US creative agencies are expected to pull in over $45 billion in annual revenue by 2020.
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In spite of the rigors associated with a career in marketing the outlook for the profession is bright. Marketing is a vital necessity not only for business firms, but is also needed and utilized by governments, educational, religious, social service, and nonprofit organizations or institutions. Perhaps the most alluring aspect of a career in marketing is the fact that it provides a great number and variety of job opportunities, and can offer opportunities to both number crunchers as well as intuitive creative people as well.
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