A decidedly biased guide to getting into the "creative" side of advertising.
Get an Education
Places to Refine Your Creative Skills
A by no means exhaustive list of organizations and, yes, universities offering superior study in advertising creativity
- Creative Circus
- Atlanta ad school
- Miami Ad School
- The name says it all
- Artcenter
- Pasadena, California design school
- Brainco
- Minneapolis ad school
- Virginia Commonwealth Ad School
- Richmond Virginia ad school
- Ad House
- NYC ad school
- Weiden & Kennedy 12
- Not really an ad school. More like a creative collective with very limited enrollment.
Essential Magazines
The best magazines in the business
Everybody has tricks to jumpstart their thinking. Here are a few that might work
- Communication Arts
- The name says it all
- Graphis
- Graphic Design Magazine
- A magazine about everything print
- Archive
- The best work from around the world
- US AdReview
- The good, the bad and the ugly of advertising
A Look at the Ad World
What's going on around the world.
Here's what's catching the attention of people who watch the advertising world. Some blogs. Some sites.
- Advertising/Design Goodness
- Frequently updated site of mostly interesting work from around the world
- Ad Hunt
- Another interesting print blog
- The Place for Ads
- British TV repository
- Ad Parade
- International print advertising archive
Interesting people to listen to
Often lively discussions about where advertising is going
The advertising business is changing faster than a NASCAR pit stop. Here's some help staying on top of it.
- Ernie Schenck
- Great copywriter. Articulate observer.
- VCU Ad School Blog
- Written by students of advertising for students of advertising.
- Mark Fenske
- Interesting though infrequently updated advice into the mysteries of the creative process.
- Sally Hogshead
- An interesting point of view on getting in and excelling in the ad world.
Must Read Books
What you need to know told by people who have been there before you.
Pick Me : Breaking Into Advertising and Staying There
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 10/11/2008)
Radical Careering: 100 Truths to Jumpstart Your Job, Your Career, and Your Life
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 10/11/2008)
Hey, Whipple, Squeeze This: A Guide to Creating Great Ads, Second Edition
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 10/11/2008)
Ordinary Advertising. And How To Avoid It Like The Plague.
Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 10/11/2008)
