MY VIDEO ENTRY
the clock is ticking, and the entries for the Big Ad Gig competition are due tonight. Check out my entry. It rules.
I DESERVE A BIG AD GIG
I Deserve a Big Ad Gig on Facebook
Hey, I'm Cristin. I have been out of school and in New York for 4 years. I have been working towards something big since then, and I hope this can be it. Some very smart advertising people are putting together a little contest. The finalists will present during adweek, and 4 will be chosen to do a 30 day freelance gig at a top agency. If I win, I’ll get a gig, and I’ll get exposure. So if you like me, you’ll help me out. Friend me, tweet me, follow me, become a fan, watch my youtube, and send me to your friends. Persuade the judges to pick me. This blog is about me and some things I do, as well as my contest participation.
My other blog, "Off Site"
This is my other blog, which features a lot of the not-for-dough stuff I do outside of my job.
Sneak peak at one of the entries.
A woman that I am following on twitter just tweeted her entry, which I am sure will post on Big Ad Gig’s youtube channel tomorrow morning. She wrote a pretty neato little poem.
Big Ad Gig competition ends tonight.
Entries for the Big Ad Gig competition are due tonight at midnight. This is my website, which gets submitted along with my video.
Wicked Cool Judges
There are only 2 days left until the Big Ad Gig competition ends. I don’t want to get to excited just yet, but there are only 5 entries! crazy. I guess we can expect several more last minute entries to come in over the weekend. These are the highly intelligent and good-looking folks who will be judging the competition. What a terrific bunch of people!
They recently added a new special famous judge, Alex Bogusky, Creative Chairman at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky. Cool!
"Good Ideas Have No Genitals"
I saw on CNN today that for the first time in American History, the amount of women in the workplace is said to surpass that of men by the end of this year. A lot of this has to do with the types of jobs that are being lost, for example, the manufacturing and construction industries are suffering more than others.
And on the subject of career ladies, congratulations to Susan Credle! She was just appointed ECD of Leo Burnett. Awesome.
Here’s an interesting video from AdAge’s “Women to Watch” luncheon. Tiffany Kosel, CD and VP at Crispin had some great things to say on the topic of the overabundance of male Creative Directors.
Social Alternative New Media Viral Networking Strategies
Hey! Don’t forget to follow me on twitter and fan me on facebook! Help me get the Big Ad Gig that I deserve.
Brooklyn Skillshare
I designed this poster for Brooklyn Skillshare’s benefit show!
The show was on friday, and apparently it went marvelously and they made $941. Unfortunately I was not able to attend because I had just had knee surgery, but it musta been fun. The Bk Skillshare event takes place in October. It’s a community event in which, for a small suggested donation, participants can learn practical DIY classes like screen printing and bike mechanics.
I also did the logo:
Mad Men, Mad Women, and the uncomfortable 1960's
I really enjoyed last night’s amazing and appalling episode of Mad Men, and wow, did it make me squeamish. For one, Roger Sterling put on a black face and serenaded his wife in front of his laughing party guests. I admit that I laughed too, but it was more of shocked uncomfortable, thank-god-i-was-born-after-1960 sort of chuckle.
Also, this is nothing new, but it became especially apparent how uptight these uppety ad people are, especially the women. I could barely watch while “the wives” had boring, fake, awkward, wife-ish conversations. Everything was a competition in this episode, everyone was out to make other people look likes assholes, or at some point made to feel like an asshole. Peggy Olson was our giant exception for the evening. People even tried to make her look like an asshole, and she wouldn’t have it. w00t!
What would you do if you were at a party, and your friend couple broke out in the Charleston? Not a regular Charleston, but one where you make cheesy facial expressions and have side by side choreography straight out of a Shirley Temple movie? One where everyone turned to look. Shoot me if I ever became friends with a woman like Pete Campbell’s horrid wife.
The Big Ad Gig Youtube channel
So it’s monday. The Big Ad Gig competition ends in 7 days. And after the weekend, there are still only 2 entries. waaaaa? Weird. I am a little surprised. I mean I know a bunch of people were turned off by the embarrassment of the whole thing, but it is a national competition. I am still expecting a ton of last minute entries. Here is the Big Ad Gig’s Youtube channel where all the entries will be posted.
