You asked. We answered.

For years, clients, prospects and peers in the industry have asked for our top 5 emojis.*

What are our go-tos? What do they say about us? Our phone has honestly not stopped ringing with endless emoji inquiries.* At long last, here it is: each Ivor Andrew employee’s top 5 emojis. You can finally sleep peacefully. Sorry it took this long. Please stop calling us.*

*None of this actually happened at any point

STEPH BEHRENS, DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTS

🔪

Used when I am in disagreement of something or don’t want to do something in particular. I use this often. It’s very mature of me. I watch too many crime documentaries, apparently.

🤷‍♀️

I’ve lost the ability to know what the things and the stuff and the plans are.

👵

When I need my family and friends to respect my early bedtime lifestyle.

💀

D - E - A - D (no way, for real? WOW, someone literally
is dead, I can’t even….) What a confusing emoji, honestly.

🍻

Use this often. General celebratory emoji for all things good. Did I eat a vegetable today? BEER EMOJI. Did I get a full 8 hours of sleep last night? YUP. BEER EMOJI. I’m like Oprah with the beer emoji. Everyone gets one.

RAFAL ZIELINSKI, GRAPHIC DESIGNER

🏆

I like to give out awards, mostly to myself, sometimes to others. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS AWARD WINNING!!! 🏆🏆🏆

🤷‍♂️

I don't know what I'm doing most of the time. This emoji helps me feel safe to let others know that.

👊

When you need to know I'm proud of you and can't believe it myself, I praise you with the coveted fist bump. You’ve earned it. Good job. Take the rest of the day off.

🪠🚬🦐

The custom stuff. Contrary to popular belief, I really only use emojis in the work Slack. And as my annoyed coworkers might know, I abuse the heck out of ‘em there. (Guys, I know I have a problem, I annoy myself with the amount I use) So much so that I've created and use a ton of custom emojis. Some noteworthy ones are my employee-specific ones and Borat, as well as one of me shrugging my shoulders in a “dunno” pose. (See bullet 2 above)

👋

I sometimes don't get an answer right away and instead of going over to the person or sending a new written message, i send a hand waving emoji. Kinda like I'm saying, “Hey there, hi there, ho there, waitin’ on you, please...”

ALEX LESUS, ART DIRECTOR

🙌

The general “great job” or “high five” emoji for me.
Who doesn’t want a double handed high five, right?

🌮

Taco night? I have the taco place down the street in my contact list…lol

🤙

Some apps will say this is “call me”, but this is absolutely “hang loose.” This is a common “hell yea” in the skateboard community.

🔥

Another general “great job” to show how stoked I am.

CHRISTINE CHOW, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

🥹

WHO TF IS CUTTING ONIONS?! Kidding. It is
way too easy to make me cry, it’s embarrassing.
But usually, it’s tears of joy for others so I let
them rip and let it be known I’m happy for you.

⚰️

I use this for when I think someone or something has “slayed” in a good way or when something is so cringey that there is no coming back from it and I’m “deceased” from it. This is really my
all-purpose emoji, it can mean anything.

👶 / 👦

Depending on which one I use, I’m either
talking about my 4-year-old boy or my
1-year old-boy #boymom.

🫖

Spill all the tea with me, your secrets are safe here. I’m a no-judgement zone.

💸

See my third bullet with having two boys. Kids are expensive and they destroy EVERYTHING. But they are cute, so by all means take all my money.

JACK BAKER, DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGIST

👍

Apparently the youths think this one is passive aggressive. I use it to mean good job or maybe I don’t, you will never know.

🤚

My wife and I use this one to high five each other through texts. We are adorable.

🤣

Who hasn’t laughed so hard that you cried sideways out of your cheeks?

🔥

I’ve never sent this one but I like when
they say “fire emoji” on The Circle.

🐻‍❄️

I had no idea there was a polar bear emoji until right now. Will it work its way into my regular rotation? No, but it’s nice to know it exists.

BRIAN KELLY, PRESIDENT

👍

An easy sign of approval.

💪

Use it for when others have good ideas.

🚞

Mountain railway is a beautiful emoji and underutilized. As an emoji it is too small to even appreciate. I must find ways to use it more. I have a Canadian train trip on my bucket list so maybe getting this in my recommended emojis will speak my dream into existence.

LUKE TRAYSER, GUY WITH WORDS

👀

Super helpful to non-verbally communicate
that I am definitely looking at this thing over here.

💅

So versatile. This either A) properly offsets the energy
I give off when I genuinely want to brag about something
I’ve done, or B) is a perfect reaction for when I screw up
or am getting made fun of.