Pros
• Ability to really explore and use creative freedom on the magazines and ad designs. Able to basically design each story however you want. • Great portfolio work - was able to build up my portfolio with ad designs for a lot of local companies and tons of editorial design content. • My supervisor at the time was very flexible and understanding so it was a great work - life balance. I knew if anything ever went wrong or I needed a break it would be given. • Creative Team was super close before everyone started dropping like flies. • Team bonding through food was always fun and brought the what is usually divided team of sales & creative together. • I believe the CEO is really trying to turn company around for the better – just going to take time.
Cons
• No one experienced in a creative leadership role that can help you. The creative team is run by a team that is fresh out of college - not a bad thing - but there is no leadership to turn to when you have questions or need opinions about design questions. • Owner of company sees creatives as disposable. If one leaves, who cares, easy to replace. And I don't like that. I like to work where I and my creative work feel valued. • High turn over. Myself included quit along with 8 others (!) in a span of around 3 months. • Low pay for a lot of work. I understand it is a small company and they can't pay an insane amount, but the amount of work and quality of work we were doing should have raised that. • Sales team basically runs the company. Favoritism. • No way to move up or be promoted in creative field. Pretty stagnant.