On What NYC Means To Me
What living in NYC means to Associate Kendall Bird.
01.24.12 | Associates Program | Nicole Cardoza
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On What NYC Means To Me
New York City means always saying “Yes" It means always being ready to go to a last minute concert. It means having a costume box for electric zoo, SantaCon, Halloween, 4th of July, or whatever new cause you decide to support. It means staying out till 6am. Eating street meat just because you
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8 Habits: Free-Spiritedness
Rule 1: There are no rules. Rule 2: Never forget Rule 1. Life is too short to take everything so seriously. Obviously, it's important to take work seriously, but clients do not come to Ogilvy to work with a group of automatons. We are a company full of free spirits. They aren't afraid to thi
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Ogilvy @ 2pm
In our rotations, we have to do everything from building presentation decks for client meetings and conducting research, to going to commercial shoots and attending strategy meetings. In between all of that, we have to find time to grab a bite to eat and squeeze in a trip to the gym. We caugh
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The Ugly Duckling
It was roughly eleven years ago when now Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, Tham Khai Meng, joined the Ogilvy roster. And one of his first contributions to O&M was a book called, The Ugly Duckling, a cautionary tale of creativity. It is a storybook of lessons on how to produce good work. The c
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Music of the Moment: Three Day Weekend
By now, I'm sure you've all completed and submitted your Associates and Internship applications. HR has some serious work ahead of them, but first, the entire agency will enjoy a wonderful (but cold) three day weekend. To celebrate, we've created this playlist of weekend-worthy tunes to carry us thr
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Twitter Town Hall: Round Two
Our first Twitter Town Hall was so successful we're having another. Join us on Twitter @ogilvycraftsmen TONIGHT, January 10th from 5-6 pm EST and ask us anything about the application process-from adding attachments, updating your profile, sending letters of reference, being creative, life as an Ass
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8 Habits: Persistence
"If the client kills your ad, do him a better one. If he kills that better one, do him and even better one. If he kills that even better one, do him your damn best one." While calling someone 16 times within as many minutes may not be the greatest idea in an office setting, it is at least t
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8 Habits: Intuition
The creative director thought it was funny. The managing director… The chairman… The tea lady… The client… The client’s wife… The client’s butcher… Okay now, let’s research it to see if it’s funny. One of the first things you notice after starting at
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Music of the Moment: 2011
Introducing Music of the Moment, a series on what music the Associates are currently listening to. Our first post takes us all the way back to 2011, with a collection of songs we couldn't get out of our heads last year. Take a listen, let us know what you think on Twitter @ogilvycraftsmen, and tune
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8 Habits: Playfulness
"We are all born children, the trick is to remain one." - Pablo Picasso Although "playfulness" is one of the eight habits that people at Ogilvy strive for, but as Worldwide Creatvie Director Tham Khai Meng says, "work is play, play hard." Consequently, treating work like playtime not only makes
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8 Habits: Free-Spiritedness
Rule 1: There are no rules. Rule 2: Never forget Rule 1.
01.20.12 | Associates Program | Benjamin Levine
Ogilvy @ 2pm
A taste of the day-to-day office life of the Associates.
01.18.12 | Associates Program | Benjamin Levine
The Ugly Duckling
A cautionary tale of creativity retold by Tham Khai Meng, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather.
01.17.12 | Associates Program | Nicole Cardoza
Music of the Moment: Three Day Weekend
A playlist to celebrate the three day weekend we all deserve.
01.14.12 | Associates Program | Nicole Cardoza
Twitter Town Hall: Round Two
Are you ready for round two?
01.10.12 | Associates Program | Nicole Cardoza
8 Habits: Persistence
“If the client kills your ad, do him a better one. If he kills that better one, do him and even better one. If he kills that even better one, do him your damn best one.”
01.5.12 | Associates Program | Benjamin Levine
8 Habits: Intuition
The creative director thought it was funny.
The managing director…
The chairman…
The tea lady…
The client…
The client’s wife…
The client’s butcher…
Okay now, let’s research it to see if it’s funny.
01.4.12 | Associates Program | Nicole Cardoza
Music of the Moment: 2011
Introducing Music of the Moment, a series on what music the Associates are currently listening to. Our first post takes us all the way back to 2011, with a collection of songs we couldn’t get out of our heads last year. Take a listen, let us know what you think on Twitter @ogilvycraftsmen, and tune [...]
01.3.12 | Associates Program | Nicole Cardoza
8 Habits: Playfulness
“We are all born children, the trick is to remain one.” – Pablo Picasso
01.2.12 | Associates 2010 - 2011 | Nicole Cardoza
