Preferred Position: The "Creative"

Of the six areas covered in the textbook, I feel that the 'creative' department calls my name the loudest. Not only was my original incentive in becoming an ad major to find my calling as an AD or a CW, but the more I learn about the job, the more I want it. To be able to spend my time coming up with ideas, browsing bookstores, sketching, and bouncing thoughts off another person sounds like a dream come true.

Creativity is my passion. I am always thinking of ridiculous concepts, for example, look for a future blog post of mine about inanimate devices being affected by the same external factors as human beings. My imagination is my stronghold, and the opportunity to share that seems peerless.

As we have gone through a series of creative advertisements this semester, I have found myself continuously inspired. I’ll catch myself looking at an ad and going “oh, that’s clever”, then trying to think of how I would have changed it, or what ideas I would have about the product. Occasionally I’ll even find myself getting slightly jealous, in an “I wish I thought of that” way. Other times, I'll see an ad and think I could communicate the benefits of the product better than the advertisement did.

If these positions are all I think they are, then I may never have to "work" a day in my life.