I'm new on here. I recently found all the threads and thought many of the connections were very interesting. Still, I wanted to give Anna the benefit of the doubt: everyone has a past and I believe people can change for the better.
UNTIL, recently what happened actually confirmed all of what you guys are saying in those threads. Here goes:
Last week Anna posted a job opportunity for a graphic designer on her instagram and I applied. A few things stood out to me as odd:
1. I was shocked to see how many questions she asked in her 'survey' type of application page: it asked to answer 27 questions and that is A LOT Even an actual elite design studio or agency nevers asks anyone to do that because they don't want to waster either person's time before knowing if the candidate is a good fit.
2. The survey never asked to upload a resume
3. No informaiton on the job details itself: full time vs part time, salary ranges, etc. She asked candidates to give their own ranges, availabilities, etc.
4. Some questions asked you to go very much into deatail about her brand and answer things like: what do you think about the school of affluence brand? how would you improve the overall brand? etc.
5. She asked whether you have experience as a "thumbnail designer". I have been in the industry for a long time and There is NO such thing as a thumbnail designer. Designing thumbnails are just a part of the job.
anyway, I still didn't question anything at the time.
BUT, its been more than a week now since i applied and I never saw any traffic come on to my website (through my site analytics) which means that she never actually looked at my application.
I'm an experienced designer and I usually get responses very quickly when applying. So my only reasonning here is that she asked all these questions to get FREE advice from design professionals, which is basically stealing. And all of this is now starting to connect and make sense. Now that I look at her materials, I think she does all her design herself. In fact im starting to questions whether she has any employees as she claims or is that all a front to make women believe that she has 'a team' because that somehow elavates her brand. If she does have employees I don't believe its for her school of affluence. Weve never seen or heard from any of her 'employees'. The only time she showed 2 models and a photographer on her stories when she was building her 'course'. Which actually says that she's not opposed to showing her 'team'. But that was the only time in years that she claims she has a team. Things don't add up here....
Just wanted to contribute to the truth here.
UNTIL, recently what happened actually confirmed all of what you guys are saying in those threads. Here goes:
Last week Anna posted a job opportunity for a graphic designer on her instagram and I applied. A few things stood out to me as odd:
1. I was shocked to see how many questions she asked in her 'survey' type of application page: it asked to answer 27 questions and that is A LOT Even an actual elite design studio or agency nevers asks anyone to do that because they don't want to waster either person's time before knowing if the candidate is a good fit.
2. The survey never asked to upload a resume
3. No informaiton on the job details itself: full time vs part time, salary ranges, etc. She asked candidates to give their own ranges, availabilities, etc.
4. Some questions asked you to go very much into deatail about her brand and answer things like: what do you think about the school of affluence brand? how would you improve the overall brand? etc.
5. She asked whether you have experience as a "thumbnail designer". I have been in the industry for a long time and There is NO such thing as a thumbnail designer. Designing thumbnails are just a part of the job.
anyway, I still didn't question anything at the time.
BUT, its been more than a week now since i applied and I never saw any traffic come on to my website (through my site analytics) which means that she never actually looked at my application.
I'm an experienced designer and I usually get responses very quickly when applying. So my only reasonning here is that she asked all these questions to get FREE advice from design professionals, which is basically stealing. And all of this is now starting to connect and make sense. Now that I look at her materials, I think she does all her design herself. In fact im starting to questions whether she has any employees as she claims or is that all a front to make women believe that she has 'a team' because that somehow elavates her brand. If she does have employees I don't believe its for her school of affluence. Weve never seen or heard from any of her 'employees'. The only time she showed 2 models and a photographer on her stories when she was building her 'course'. Which actually says that she's not opposed to showing her 'team'. But that was the only time in years that she claims she has a team. Things don't add up here....
Just wanted to contribute to the truth here.
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