Do Re Mi Creative - an angency that works entirely on spec

[seriplop]

Dunno if anyone else here got contacted by this "youth marketing" agency but they are a corporate ad agency/art agency from Barcelona - with a twist : they operate entirely on spec..

The way they do things is this , they search the internet for suckers , erm i mean "creatives" and build up a stable . When a job come in they email all their suckers and everyone who wants the job sends in a brief proposal.


they pick the proposals they feel have potential and then have all the suckers do final work , with a few possible rounds of revisions. Then they pitch to the client.
ONLY the sucker who did the proposal the client chooses gets paid. No kill fees , no compensation for proposals.


But never fear , the ones who made to the final rounds get "points". What does that mean? Good question but I have no idea.

And everything is glossed over with feel good talk about celebrating ceativity and giving artists and designers a place to shine.

[dspring]

that's fucked... I hope this doesn't spread... it's like a craigslist posting... at international level


I have 78 hit points and a cloak of close-cropping... roll the die to see if I design the business card...

[seriplop]

i REALLY hope this doesn't spread.
this place seems to be specifically targeting "young" aka possibly green inexperienced artists who might not know better or who might be so hard up that it seems like a good idea.

they are really asking that people do ALOT of work without any guarantee of compensation at all.

[seriplop]

One thing I just thought of , is I wonder if the clients *know* they are working with a spec/contest site?
They have some REALLY big time clients.

[ImJustRickG]

I've said it before... I think this is fine.

I've worked as an AD for fourteen years, and one thing I know by now is that I do NOT want to work with any client who is cheaping out. Clients get the work they deserve. You want a logo from some fool off Craigslist for $9? Great! You are exactly the kind of client I DO NOT want.

And in this case, their stable of "designers" with a pirated copies of Corel Draw - I'm just as happy to have them marshaled in one place working on their little "advertisements" and menus and shitty identity systems.

Screw it. They can have each other.

[Platinum Rich]

yesterday i earned 7 points at subway. 8 more until a free bag of chips, 68 more and i get a foot long sub. if they pay in sandwiches i may be down.

[andydiesel]

i took a 10 point poo this morning.

[seriplop]

And in this case, their stable of "designers" with a pirated copies of Corel Draw - I'm just as happy to have them marshaled in one place working on their little "advertisements" and menus and shitty identity systems.

this place's stable are working on ads for major beer , videogame and mp3 player companies. we're talking about companies with huuuuuge ad budgets.
that's what i'm saying , it's not some small time thing.


maybe their stable are all a bunch corel draw hacks , maybe not . they don't have any work for view on their website but i don't really think it's proactive to just assume it's so shitty that it won't hurt us.


they did actively try to head hunt us , i'm assuming they might have snagged a few of our collegues and possibly have contacted fellow gpers.

just wanted to get discussion going so that designers know to avoid them.

[Tenebrini]

Holy fucking fuck that! Fuckers!

[evanmarnoch]

Yet another way to say "LAAAAAAAAME".