Dem Haters And Juan Cabral
April 5, 2008
There’s been fast and furious rumors regarding the pay of Fallon London’s superstar creative, Juan Cabral. Apparently, the young buck takes home a million pounds. Heavens. Didn’t know that anyone in the business who wasn’t a Managing Director of a Death Star still made that kind of cash.
BBH blogger Scamp had this to say:
“We need Juan to be earning a million pounds a year, if we want to retain our status. You wouldn’t want to work in a third-tier glamour profession, would you?”
I would have to agree. Bully to Juan for taking home the big bucks. How much has he made for Fallon or his clients for that matter? The old adage of paying for what you get still holds true.
Naturally, people are going to be green with envy if this is 100% true. Juan and everyone else doing there thing should just put their head down, keep rolling and listen to Rihanna:
“They keep evil thoughts in their hearts (what you dont know)
You can’t let them knock your hustle
Not letting them know how much you struggle
They turn green with envy when your on top
And dem heart is full with strife
Their by gonna try to take your life”
April 5, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Well deserved.
The very top creatives will always get top dollar (or sterling) no matter what happens to the industry, as it evolves. Even when ad agencies become media or content or production agencies. The ideas will still reign. It is the same way in any industry where great creative talent can make a huge impact and can also very hard to find. While it can be argued that there is a larger talent pool now, but all that does is raise the overall standard. The best of the best still only amount to around 2%.
April 6, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Good! If he only made 500,000 then that means one of the hottest creatives in the industry only makes 1/2 a mill. Good for any creative, knowing dudes can make that much loot after a few big hits.
April 7, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Creatives (mostly) are fools. If they had any idea what agencies, editors and production companies were really pulling in off their ideas they would shit themselves. But they walk around feeling so self important with no clue. Most creatives fell into the business and had higher aspirations perhaps in the film or art world. And some are not creative people who think they are now because they work in the creative bullpen of some big agency. Either way not the smartest people which would explain why they get ripped off every day and either don’t know or are just helpless. Combine that with fragile egos and it’s a really sad situation. Juan (and his sexy mullet) is a rare example of someone doing it all. Suck it up.