The Hallway’s Chris Murphy on the extent of the industry’s inaccessibility for junior talent
The Hallway’s Chris Murphy has observed the accessibility issue in ad land and is taking steps to try and address it. After launching YouTube series, ‘Shit. What Now?’, Murphy chats to Mumbrella’s Zoe Wilkinson about how challenges facing junior talent and recruitment extends beyond just creative to all disciplines in the industry.
There is no simple fix to bridging the gap between the agencies and the junior talent trying to find their way in. It will take action from many.
One person taking action is The Hallway’s Chris Murphy, who has started YouTube series ‘Shit. What Now’ to demonstrate to talent the breadth of opportunities available in advertising and showcase industry leaders’ opinions on what makes a candidate successful on the path in.
“I thought there needs to really be a resource out there for people within the industry to provide an insight into what it’s actually like to work in the industry and provide practical tips for that,” Murphy recalls.
“Then for a while, I brewed over. It was only until we were looking to hire more junior people and I started interviewing people and seeing them run into the same traps that I’d run into, and I go ‘this needs to happen right now’.”
