Miscredited on AdCritic
Submitted by finannm on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 21:29.
Hi Folks.
Need your opinions. A friend told me today that an ad I wrote a few years back (that won at Cannes) lists someone else as the writer on AdCritic. As it happens, it also lists someone else as art director. Specifically, it gives credit to our old creative directors. I'm no longer at that agency and don't know if getting the credits fixed is worth pursuing.
I have my trophies, I know what I know, so the question boils down to this: Does anyone care who AdCritic lists in its credits? If I have the spot in my book, will someone be suspicious if they don't see my name on it on AdCritic? Or do people do name searches on AdCritic when scouting talent?
I'm not a credit whore, so I don't care if my name's missing unless it's going to have an impact on future job searches.
Thanks for your thoughts. I'm sure I'm not the first person-- or last-- to have this happen.
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I've had that happen with an award-winner as well. In the Clio's the ad was shortlisted and credits were right, largely due to the fact that I sent it in (for my own money!) and my creative director yanked my ear for that (note to self; don't try and slip such entries in the agency fedex pile, they'll notice). The only reason the CD was mad was because I kinda jumped the gun to get it to the award on time, client had seen and basically approved it all, we were just waiting for the final final yes (which came a day later - the same day the ad actually aired, what a headache that client was...)
Anyway, I leave the agency and I have said ad in my portfolio and the pride that it at least got shortlisted. I had no idea that the same ad entered Cannes the next year and climbed higher in ranks there without my name on it. So it was maybe a year and a half later that I show my reel to some CD in Amsterdam when he says that he helped that ad get some metal in Cannes and "... I didn't see your name on it." He didn't seem to care either or right then in the interview, I explained to him that I was no longer at the agency when it entered Cannes and the CD seemed to understand the lack of credit due to that. I'm not sure all CD's are that understanding, and I didn't get a job out of that interview anyway. So yeah, people notice of that I'm sure. If they care I'm not so sure about.
Show us the ad!
(Both of you)
Don't know how much folks really use Adcritic for checking on that sort of thing. I can think of a handful of sites before that one that I know I would at least check if I felt the need to. If I were you I wouldn't worry too much about it. But that's just my 2 cents.
You don't trust Adcritic? I could see not trusting some random ad-blog, but Adcritic is at least an industry website and everyone I know trusts it.
Having said that, I trust award sites more. I'd get Adcritic to change the credit, point them to the award that you won and have them compare notes.
Hahaha, Hygge you've seen it, danish ad for Carlsberg.
But I second wanting to see finannm's ad! Tell you what finannm, email it to us and we'll stick in this archive with the proper credits - we usually lists CD's as well as the creative team that actually wrote it, probably that's where adcritic messed up. ;)
(it doesn't matter if it's old, we backlog older ads all the time.)
*pout*
WHat if I say pretty pretty pleez?
If all you got is a tape or DVD, we can digitize it, just snailmail a copy we'll sort it. snailmail listed here
Which award did it win? Is it in the commercial archive yet so I can see it? :)
Sorry, I'm blind, you said it won Cannes. As a subscriber to adcritic I do care what they have to say in the credit listings, I expect them to be correct.