Tag: Best of NWB
The utterly unemployable entrepreneur
I was very honest with my buyers. I told them I was unstable. Including that, if I was up at 5 am, I was still partying with mates, clients, politicians, and celebrities.
Angie Moxham
Happy people don’t wreck themselves
Hundreds of pounds of gear a week, normalised by the ‘well, everyone else is doing it’ narrative.
Sophie Lee
Holding hands with the agency president
I had been a copywriter in advertising for about three years by then, which was just long enough to know I didn’t belong in that room.
Kevin Lynch
Saatchi Kate and Addict Kate
By all conventional measures, I was highly successful..but by 2004, I was struggling with addiction to alcohol.
Kate Smith
Fuck milk
This was our first project for a huge household brand. I saw our hard work closing the deal, and my financial projections disappear in front of my eyes.
John Lyons
All the names above the door were creatives
Before long, we were having secret chats about what a creative agency for the new millennium might look like.
Dave Dye
The mother of all mistakes
There’s no other single thing that’s had as significant and negative an impact on my career as having children.
Bethany Joy
CEOs called Elizabeth and how to get lucky
Luck plays such a significant role in so many successes, yet it seems somehow disingenuous or deceitful, so we look for rational reasons instead.
Giles Edwards
A death-threat-inducing fuck up
Although 10 years on, and since the death threats have stopped, there’s part of me that is secretly pleased to have this anecdote. So here goes…
Nick Ellis
Brave advertising and being a creative goofball
Someone along the line becomes afraid of making a statement; afraid of being too ‘out there’; afraid of upsetting their boss.
Rob Rooney