This is a project made by two freelance creatives in Chicago:
Austin and Dave.
Last year, we came across a Midjourney account for one of the world's largest agencies. They were publicly posting every comp they were making, as they were making it. Then we found more and more, and even more.
Today, we’ve identified hundreds of ad creatives and dozens of agencies’ shared accounts. All posting their work and potentially violating NDAs. To be very clear, we will not be publishing the names of these people or agencies.
After finding these accounts, our question then became: “How do we tell these creatives that all of their work is essentially on display to the public, without getting them in trouble?”
Enter: The Secret Admirers Club.
Launching on Valentine’s Day, we mailed cards to agencies and creatives in six different countries and emailed digital cards to even more creatives around the world; letting them know how much we love their work, but it’s time to lock it up. These cards then drive them to a password-protected page on this site, where they’ll see proof of what we’re claiming and the very easy steps they can take to work privately—giving every creative we found the tools they need to safeguard their work.
We genuinely admire all the wonderful creative work we’re seeing. We just don’t want it to be seen until it’s ready.
Don't worry, you're in good company.
We found Midjourney accounts for people like:
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CCOs of major holding company agencies.
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ECDs running global brands.
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CDs creating Super Bowl spots, splashy activations, and more.
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Creatives working on brands you know.
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Shared accounts for agencies that you love.
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Directors' treatment companies, storyboard artists, pre-vis specialists, and the list goes on.
We found things like:
Who are we?
Just two creatives who genuinely admire all your hard work. All we want is for nobody else to see it. We’ve worked on some of the industry’s largest brands and our books can be found below:
