About
A portfolio that turned into
career suicide
before even getting in.
Origin story
I started this project to get a foot into adland. Take my portfolio, and turn it into content people might actually watch. A funny, sharp look at the advertising industry. Totally different from my Spec Work
Then I finished the first episode. Watched it back. And: Uh-oh.
The thing is, I’m actually holding back. A lot. What’s in the show is the toned-down version. The version where I stopped myself. Repeatedly.
So here we are. Either this gets me in the door, or it gets the door slammed in my face. I’m genuinely not sure which. I just hope someone in adland has a sense of humour.
Legal-ish
This is satire. The opinions are brutal but the affection is genuine. Any resemblance to actual campaigns, real agencies, or living creatives is entirely the point.
Adland Update
SNL for Ad People
Holding Back. Mostly.
Career Suicide: Not Confirmed Yet
Sense of Humour Required
Adland Update
SNL for Ad People
Holding Back. Mostly.
Career Suicide: Not Confirmed Yet
Sense of Humour Required
What this actually is
The format
SNL Weekend Update — but for adland
Brutal jokes, sharp commentary, zero reverence. Every episode rips into the campaigns, the buzzwords, the awards, the agencies, and the people who make advertising what it is: a magnificent, ridiculous, self-serious industry that desperately needs someone to take the piss out of it.
The tone
Affectionately savage
Not cynicism. Not a hit piece. It comes from someone who actually wants to be in this world, someone who studied it, obsessed over it, and still chose to make fun of it anyway. That’s either endearing or deeply unwise. Possibly both.
Worth noting
This is the restrained version
Every episode is the version where I stopped myself. Where I pulled it back. What didn’t make the cut stays unaired, for now. Consider what you’re watching here as ‘the diplomatic edit’.
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Episode Out
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Targets in Adland
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Job Offers
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Blacklistings
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Spoiler alert: it won’t work. I’m already one of the kindest, most compassionate people you’ll ever meet. But you’re welcome to try. The door is open. Genuinely.