15 Nov 2022, 16:11

@Rachel-Horne It could be worth staying with them, it depends. The long list they sent you was like an action items list, of all the things you could do to get more work with them. You say none of it fit you work, do you mean that you didn't have those topics in your current portfolio, or did you mean that it's not the kind of work you want to do? That's going to be the make or break.

For example, when I joined my last agency they asked me to add some topics that I didn't have before, like a nativity scene, animals, etc. They're not my favorite topics ever but I was fine adding them and it did help me get work through them. That's a reasonable compromise. However when I switched my market to surface design, they could not provide much work in that field and wanted me to take gigs in publishing or editorial instead. That was too far out of what I wanted to do, so I ended up leaving my agency last May.

Figure out if there's anything on that list of things they sent you that you'd be okay adding to your portfolio, even if it's not your favorite. If it's too far out of your comfort zone, then that's a good indicator that the agency is not a good fit at all.

Good luck!