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This is an interesting way to recruit a graphic designer, if the ad is for real.

So, is this clever posting for a wanted job? Or, is it a marketing campaign to lure people, like me, to the group’s website? If the latter, then this succeeds, as I found myself doing a bit of detective work. Read on:

I checked out www.50mmPhotography.ca and was directed to a Facebook page.

And, also this, on Flicker:

Welcome to 50mm Photography Pool. Please add your 50mm images and invite others to join. If anyone wishes to moderate please ping me on twitter www.twitter.com/flixelpix

On Linkedin:

Marketing and advertising services, based in Toronto, Canada. Are you a creative? Join our roster: info@50mmphotography.ca.

I am curious about their ad and wonder if this Canadian company really looks for a graphic designer.

Of course, nothing is ever new or fresh anymore. I remember, in the early 1960s, seeing huge billboard ads for Pan American Airways that read: Wanted Stewardesses. Must Be An Angel Stewardess Wanted. Must Want the World.

I am told that the campaign was both a way to recruit new “pretty stewardesses” (this kind of language would not be political correct today), and to promote the brand.

About the ad for a graphic designer, is it for real?

Any of my Canadian readers know?