"clients"
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- mtgentry
If you guys do work for an agency thats working with a big client, do you list that client as one of your own?
For an example check out hyperprism.net The work they did for adidas was for Carat Fusion but they list Adidas as one of their clients.
Is this normal?
- Timson0
no, you should list the agency you did the work for, just like they did.
- Engage0
and mozaic out all the brand names on screen shots
- kelpie0
I've seen small agenicies put COKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on their home page as a client before you turn to see what they did and it was a gabloody banner knocked down from an ad agency. cheeky soandsos.
- Engage0
we've never been allowed to put them in, so we don't
- reizor0
We don't necessarily mean that adidas is a client of ours personally. that's why we listed the agency that we did the work for. it's fine to have a client list like that as long as you give credit to the agency that you were given the work through.
- Mimio0
List Both
- hugelogo0
almost everyone does it in the beginning
putting both is a great tactic
good answer
- nosaj0
Don't make it public if you're worried about your relationship with the Agency. Password protect it and show it to those who need to see it. I know it's bloody tempting... most of the work we do is for other agencies that have the relationship with the client.
- mtgentry0
cool, I was just curious what the norm was. By the way, you guys do great work reizor : )
- jdcomba0
list both. for a while i was doing
'a for b'
- Boz0
well I agree with the idea of listing both.
For example, I have the full right to say I worked for that and that client because I did. I did the whole project, I did some of the communication with the client and delivered the final project. So yeah, in terms of saying I worked for that client is completely valid.
However getting to that client would not be possible if it wasn't for the agency that hired you, so it's proper to list the agency as well.
It's all marketing. A lot of people in this industry knows that a lot of people is not able to get to work for these big clients themselves simple because it's a very tight circle to break into. So if you're marketing yourself to go after direct clients yourself, then as a marketing move you would mention only the clients and hopefully land more direct clients because of it. But if you are looking to work for another agency then having the agency who provided the work for that client is beneficial for you to list.