They're the ideas men behind some of our most iconic advertising campaigns and images, working in an industry regarded as one of the most creative and glamorous - that is if you believe everything you watch on the likes of Mad Men.
But every job has its challenges and there's many an adman (and, increasingly, woman) looking to escape; just ask Scott Wilson and Tony McNeight. They're among a group of 10 who have worked in advertising and design and are now taking part in Escape Artists.
It's an exhibition of paintings and multimedia works by those who have "escaped" the full-time pressures of the commercial world and are now exploring the artistic drivers which transported them there in the first place.
Wilson says a love of drawing took him into advertising - after all, it seemed a natural fit for his abilities - but soon deadlines, specific client briefs and the demands of everyday life meant he wasn't sketching.