This Copywriter Scored Her First Job by Showing Up at McCann Bristol Dressed as Fearless Girl

#FearlessGirlBristol led to a month-long trial run

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Advertising is an inherently creative industry, and we’ve all seen some unusual applications from students, recent graduates and juniors looking to get their foot in the door by demonstrating their chops outside the usual resume and portfolio link approach.

These efforts range from one duo’s obsessive attempts to get the attention of a Droga5 executive to the art director who posed as a client in an email to multiple Swedish shops. Even TBWA\Worldwide chairman and global director Lee Clow pestered that shop’s creative director Hy Yablonka for an entire year with a

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