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I think the weekend passes even faster than this

Thank you for submitting such a gif, Friedrich Holderlin. (the o should have an umlaut but I don’t know how to do that)

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when I go to a work happy hour and find out someone's expensing it

I’ve used this gif before, but I looooove it so.

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boo-yea!

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oh, how often I want to say this throughout the day

Thank for sending me this gif, arthurdam. I saw a bacon gif on your tumblr and that’s enough to convince me you are individual of refined taste.

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we hear the auto-tune.

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Portfolio, Portfolio! Wherefore Art Thou, Portfolio?

Remember the days when your resume was enough to get your foot in the door at a company? In 2013 if…

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guest post: a woman's personal brand

forget sheryl sandberg for a second. let’s focus on joan holloway. christine hendriks’s character…

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your brain on your sleeve & your heart on the table

before coming to ad school, i had a question that was never sufficiently addressed: just what is ad…

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work with a staffing firm: yes or no?

some of you talented individuals may be wondering about the benefits of partnering with a staffing…

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when I'm given a brief with incomplete information

Look at this dang otter. Look at it.

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making an idea work no matter how "off brief" it is

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sneak peek! see who's attending speed-date networking tues, april 16th

the rsvps are rolling in for our next speed-date networking night, scheduled for tuesday, april…

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me at my first ever concepting session

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this is too cute not to share

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your target audience: the how-to of resonating

it makes sense that you need to resonate with your target when creating advertising, but the real…

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design crash course for copywriters

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enliven a mailbox!

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guest post: nail polish and power tools

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CL snapshot: sophie donelson

CL snapshot: sophie donelson

a flash interview with sophie donelson

editorial director, C. Wonder & Monika Chiang

three words that sum up your job:

deadline is today. (or, collaborative, challenging and super-fun.)

C. Wonder’s first New York Times ad, 09/12

the highlight of your…

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email copy that equals stellar sales

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