Great opportunity: A depressing job at JWT

CAUTION: Side effects of working at J. Walter Thompson’s Detroit office may include depression, dry mouth, ulcers and stress-induced hallucinations that, if you’re lucky, may inspire an award-winning campaign. A classified ad placed by the agency this week in Adweek touts creative angst as a perk with the headline, “Taking anti-depressants? Want to?” The agency is looking for a copywriter and art director, ‘but not necessarily a team. After all, depression is so much better when endured alone.” Appealing to the masochist inside every creative is a shrewd move, and should the lucky candidate grow to hate the job, he can’t accuse the shop of false advertising.

—Posted by Deanna Zammit

April 8, 2005 | Permalink