It started out with a short 15 minute interview with an HR director. I have been working as an art director for the last 4ish years so it was stated that I was well qualified and maybe over qualified. I was asked a couple of questions to basically figure out if we would be wasting each other’s time but ultimately I was asked to do an assignment. This is where my issue lies. They asked for so much work; a campaign through email, web banners, Instagram story and an extra credit MMS. They strongly suggested for it to all be in motion. And not only was I responsible for design but copy as well. They put this under the guise of “we think this should take approximately 4 hours but that’s up to you! :)”. I’m sorry, but a campaign assignment, motion, copy, and light strategy is not a 4 hour assignment. Not to mention they didn’t send a brand guide so I had to research that myself. I spent about 8-10 hours on this because I wanted to do well which was ridiculous on my part because this was all UNPAID aka free work. I sent off the assignment and didn’t get a chance to walk through my work. I got a canned rejection email from a no reply account. Just a ton of work and effort without at least a real “thank you for your time”.
