Art Director Casts Herself as the Perfect Roommate in Clever, Sneaky, Perfect Craigslist Ad

Lauren Fahey finds a home

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Is there anything even a mildly creative Craigslist ad can't sell?

Lauren Fahey is the latest person to spend more than three minutes crafting a Craigslist pitch, and is enjoying typically stellar results. After looking fruitlessly for a place to live in San Francisco, Fahey—an art director for a social-media company—designed an ad pitching herself as the perfect roommate. Posted to Craigslist, the ad is clever, almost sneaky, in the way it characterizes its subject. It features a pic of the super-cool Fahey in sunglasses, arms to the sky, as she carpe diems near the Golden Gate Bridge.

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