If you are looking for a creative partner, here are our 10 top tips for teaming up
Have a portfolio/website with at least four big ideas i.e. campaigns that can work across all media platforms; TV, Print, digital and experiential
Remember you will get hired because you are an idea creator first, not an art director or a copywriter
Be open-minded about teaming up with a fellow art director/copywriter
Look for a portfolio that is full of fresh and memorable campaigns
If you see a standout portfolio, contact the creative and arrange to meet in a relaxed venue, a café or pub
If there is a personality clash, no matter how good their work is, don’t take it any further
Your creative partner is somebody that you will work with for the next 10 years and beyond. You will get hired together, be promoted together, be awarded together, it really is like a marriage
If you both get on well, work on a brief together to see how the creative chemistry works
Combine your portfolios by choosing the strongest work from each one, whether that means more campaigns from one portfolio, so be it
Target the top 10 agencies you want to work at and use your combined contacts to get your portfolio in front of them