I recached out to the hiring manager on LinkedIn, submitted my resume online, had a friend who works there recommend me and got selected for a phone screen with a recruiter. A week later I interviewed with the hiring manager, also on the phone. Each was only 30 minutes and I was prepared to talk for an hour or so. Thought it went well with the hiring manager saying they "definitely wanted to pursue next steps". A week passed and I received no communication. I emailed the recruiter and hiring manager at that point. Then I saw the job had been reposted and now it was also sponsored – probably not a good sign. I heard back from the hiring manager a few days later that they were still in the process of interviewing other candidates. I called the recruiter a week after asking for feedback and she told me the position was closed, that they have been recruiting for it for a long time – but they received 25 new applications (LinkedIn premium data) from the re-posed ad so I'm left wondering what the real reason was. Interview with hiring manager was overall more about personal design/style and I was more prepared to speak to experience producing results-driven creative. My friend who works there prepped me on how important their culture is and I probably put too much focus on that even though it's very important to them.