Mike Catherall is a freelance English copywriter from Canada. This blog documents his mission to find a permanent English copywriting position at a 4As agency in Hong Kong. Arriving with his portfolio and a prayer he set out to make this dream a reality without the help of any contacts, friends, knowledge of Cantonese or leads. He had $7500 HK left in his bank account to make this happen and no plane ticket home.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Getting A Job In Advertising
For those logging onto this site looking for the secret on how to become a copywriter, please go to the first entry at the bottom of the page and work backwards up to here. It's a combination of hard work, single-mindedness and luck. But there is no secret.