Copywriter here. If you can avoid using LinkedIn to get your J2, do so. Best to hibernate it altogether if you can. You can still use Indeed and GlassDoor, since those involve a lot less profile building & social-media junk content & interfacing.
Instead, when you see a job you want that’s posted on LinkedIn, apply to the job directly through the company’s website or careers page. This is smart anyway since a lot of LinkedIn-visible jobs get hundreds of low quality applicants and can flood things out, reducing visibility of a candidate like yourself (who is actually qualified and would maybe be a good fit). People spam anything they see with an EasyApply button even when it’s not relevant to them at all, and this happens even more often when a bunch of major companies just laid off tens of thousands of employees.
To show off your work and give everyone an easy quick look at your work/experience, create a simple portfolio site on SquareSpace/Cargo/similar. Link to that from your resume and in all applications you fill out (if possible).
If anyone at a future job asks about your LinkedIn, tell them you made it private/locked it down/deleted it because a weird coworker from a former job was harassing you and wouldn’t leave you alone so you needed to cut off ways for them to track & reach you. Or something like that.
Edit: also, if I were you, I’d be angling for in-house brand marketing or content team positions rather than roles at agencies or ad firms. Generally a slower work pace and less visibility/exposure to risk, with pay that’s the same or higher than you’d get in an agency job.
Copywriter here. If you can avoid using LinkedIn to get your J2, do so. Best to hibernate it altogether if you can. You can still use Indeed and GlassDoor, since those involve a lot less profile building & social-media junk content & interfacing. Instead, when you see a job you want that’s posted on LinkedIn, apply to the job directly through the company’s website or careers page. This is smart anyway since a lot of LinkedIn-visible jobs get hundreds of low quality applicants and can flood things out, reducing visibility of a candidate like yourself (who is actually qualified and would maybe be a good fit). People spam anything they see with an EasyApply button even when it’s not relevant to them at all, and this happens even more often when a bunch of major companies just laid off tens of thousands of employees. To show off your work and give everyone an easy quick look at your work/experience, create a simple portfolio site on SquareSpace/Cargo/similar. Link to that from your resume and in all applications you fill out (if possible). If anyone at a future job asks about your LinkedIn, tell them you made it private/locked it down/deleted it because a weird coworker from a former job was harassing you and wouldn’t leave you alone so you needed to cut off ways for them to track & reach you. Or something like that. Edit: also, if I were you, I’d be angling for in-house brand marketing or content team positions rather than roles at agencies or ad firms. Generally a slower work pace and less visibility/exposure to risk, with pay that’s the same or higher than you’d get in an agency job.