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Posted by Asia Chan
Asia Chan
11,007 Points

Thoughts on working in Advertising? I'm a Digital Art Director planning to learn Front-End Dev, D3.js, Arduino. Tips?

Hi!

Just want to know if anyone here has worked/is working in Advertising? I'm currently a Digital Art Director and would like to delve into Interaction Design, specifically working with Data Visualizations (w/ d3.js and the like), Arduino programming, interactive websites (maybe in the future, VR). I believe they call them "Creative Technologist".

In the future, I'd like to start a small org dedicated to help young, underserved, out-of-school girls and teach them the possibilities of programming for their future stability, as well as, improving the STEM gender gap in my country.

Just want to know if this is a viable path (working in an advertising agency) or should I go full-on into Web Development, since it appears to be more financially rewarding? I'm also thinking of being in the ad agency whilst doing freelance work as a front-end developer.

Thanks in advance!

1 Answer

Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points
Eric Butler
Eric Butler
33,512 Points

For what it's worth, I work as a full-time front-end developer for an advertising agency, so advertising is definitely a "viable path" for me. I'm not doing D3 or Arduino stuff, but definitely constantly work on interactive websites for clients and brands. Advertisers (and their clients) need developers more and more, so it really shouldn't be too hard for you to find a position where advertising and web development overlap. Good luck with everything!