# Ad Man-Mocking Memes Junior Art Directors Memes are New Age Hipster Hilarity By Felicia Moursalien | Published 2011-12-06 | Life-Stages Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/junior-art-directors-memes References: [adverblog](http://www.adverblog.com/2011/12/04/the-meme-ification-of-art-directors/) & [quickmeme](http://www.quickmeme.com/Junior-Art-Director/?upcoming) The Junior Art Director position is the hipster dream for those looking to enter the media world, and like everything hipster, it comes with a mocking price as seen with these Junior Art Director memes. They feature clever one-liners such as 'I do strategy. People like cats,' or 'I'm not [making advertisements](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nobody-reads-ads). I'm changing the world.' These Junior Art Director memes strike fairly close to home, as an aspiring ad (wo)man myself, as it does for the rest of the [20-somethings demographic](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/allt-bank) looking to break into the saturated ad/media world. The Junior Art Director is the position most associated with pretentious hipsterdom, and these memes do not hop around this probability. The Junior Art Director memes follow a fairly distinct pattern of [self-loathing hipster memes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/meme-depot) and art of other types and is not on its way to getting old quite yet. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.5/10 - Popularity: 90% | Activity: 97% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Life-Stages](https://www.trendhunter.com/life-stages) > [Youth](https://www.trendhunter.com/youth) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Mocking Memes:** Discovering new ways to mock industry stereotypes and cultural trends through memes. - **Hipster Humor:** Exploring the rise of hipster humor and its impact on popular culture and media. - **Self-loathing Memes:** Analyzing the emergence of self-deprecating memes in various industries and their appeal to younger demographics. ### Who This Affects Most - **Advertising:** Identifying disruptive innovation opportunities in the advertising industry through the examination of stereotypes and humor. - **Media:** Exploring how the rise of internet memes and humor impacts the media industry and opens avenues for creative disruptions. - **Marketing:** Analyzing the use of memes and humorous content in marketing strategies to connect with younger demographics and create brand engagement. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Creative Frustration Outlets](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/punch-your-client.md) - [Drug-Themed April Fool's Gags](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/innocean-berlin.md) - [Feline Meme Makers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cat-meme-material-download.md) - [Humorous Mens Fragrance Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/axe-campaign.md) - [Remixed Skincare Commercials](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ceraves-hey-its-me.md) - [Witty Advertising Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/self-referential-marketing.md) - [Lazy Cereal Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/surreal-cereal.md) - [Playful Billboard Campaigns](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dreamies-treats.md) - [Satirical Feminist-Forward Ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/underpaid-women.md)