ad man
Sells you stuff
An ad man is someone who works in advertising, particularly in a creative or executive role.
The term evokes the mid-twentieth-century Madison Avenue era of American advertising, when the industry was dominated by men in suits crafting campaigns over martini lunches.
He's an old-school ad man who still believes in the power of a good slogan.
The female equivalent, ad woman, exists but is less common.
- copywriterCreator of promotional text
- Madison AvenueAdvertising industry synecdoche
- pitchFrequency of sound
- sales pitchPersuasive commercial presentation
- sloganMemorable promotional phrase
campaign · creative · account · billboard · jingle · tagline · Don Draper · agency · brand · brand identity · focus group · marketing · sell · spin · smoke and mirrors · commercial · brainstorm · storyboard
- marketersadvertiser, marketing manager, marketing director, marketing consultant, marketing analyst
- pitchmenpitchman, pitchwoman, hawker, barker, huckster
- propagandistspropagandist, Joseph Goebbels, Tokyo Rose, disinformation agent, mouthpiece
ad manclient
One who hires professionals
advertiser · account holder · brand manager · customer · sponsor
ad manjournalist
News profession practitioner
investigative reporter · documentarian · documentary filmmaker · editorial writer · artist
ad mananti-consumerist
Opposing excessive purchasing culture
Ralph Nader · muckraker · whistleblower · anticonsumerist · minimalist
ad, man, ads, men, manly, manliness, manhood, unmanned, manned