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When I grow up, I want to be a brand cop

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Jeff Brooks
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For a long time I’ve thought being a “Brand Manager” at a nonprofit would be a kind of dream job. I mean, look at what it could be like:


  • My revision to someone’s work could be It needs to be less … “ugh” — and they’d have to take me seriously, and make a good-faith attempt to revise with that as their sole direction.
  • The numbers I’d be accountable for would be so vague (like “raising awareness”) that I could essentially declare victory any time I needed to.
  • Any time I got tired of the same old same-old, I could throw together some focus groups and change everything.
  • It would be the nearest thing to the mystique and authority of being a priest, without the muss and fuss of actually being one.
  • Ignorance is bliss.

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    8 responses to “When I grow up, I want to be a brand cop”

    1. Ted Grigg Avatar
      Ted Grigg

      Couldn’t have said it better.
      But to get serious for a second, I always thought the brand was who we are rather than who we say we are.

    2. Ted Grigg Avatar
      Ted Grigg

      Couldn’t have said it better.
      But to get serious for a second, I always thought the brand was who we are rather than who we say we are.

    3. Graphic Design Forum Avatar
      Graphic Design Forum

      Good thoughts, i like it. Best of luck for your future. God Bless you 🙂

    4. Graphic Design Forum Avatar
      Graphic Design Forum

      Good thoughts, i like it. Best of luck for your future. God Bless you 🙂

    5. Jewish Jihad Avatar
      Jewish Jihad

      Not a bad post, but it needs to be less “ugh”.

    6. Jewish Jihad Avatar
      Jewish Jihad

      Not a bad post, but it needs to be less “ugh”.

    7. Jeff Brooks Avatar
      Jeff Brooks

      Ted, if brand is who we are and not just who we say we are, then it would be utterly absurd to have a “brand cop” who is charged with enforcing it — that would be the CEO’s job, and everyone else’s job too. That would destroy my future career!
      JJ: I think the quantity of “ugh” is about within tolerance.

    8. Jeff Brooks Avatar
      Jeff Brooks

      Ted, if brand is who we are and not just who we say we are, then it would be utterly absurd to have a “brand cop” who is charged with enforcing it — that would be the CEO’s job, and everyone else’s job too. That would destroy my future career!
      JJ: I think the quantity of “ugh” is about within tolerance.

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