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Employees rate Sparks 3.5 out of 5 stars based on 146 anonymous reviews on Glassdoor.

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Do people recommend working at Sparks?

Overall, 34% of employees would recommend working at Sparks to a friend. This is based on 146 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.

How do job seekers rate their interview experience at Sparks?

57% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Sparks as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Sparks.

How do employees rate the business outlook for Sparks?

36% of employees think that Sparks has a positive business outlook . This is based on anonymous employee reviews submitted on Glassdoor.

Working at Sparks

Sparks Snapshot

3.5

based on 143 ratings

34% would recommend to a friend

Scott J. Tarte

61% approve of CEO

10 OfficesLocations

Mission Our mission is to solve real business problems using a thoughtful mix of strategy, creativity, and culture. Through experiential marketing, we help build undeniable moments that empower people, get them thinking, change the direction of their lives, or simply bring smiles to their faces. The result is a relevant live + digital experience your audience will never forget.

Description Remember those junior high classmates whose great science fair project backdrops made yours look like a monkey put it together? Well, they now work for experiential marketing agency Sparks, producing events, activations, exhibits and retail environments for the world's leading brands. Sparks manages projects from start to finish, including strategy, creative, production, fabrication, management, and measurement. Customers include "FORTUNE" 1000 companies, which typically spend more than $250,000+ on exhibits and $500,000+ on events. Sparks serves hundreds of clients worldwide through 10 facilities across the US and China.

Life at Sparks

Company updates

Sparks

7y

Sparks takes home the Ex Award for Best Trade Show Experience with the “Hey Google” Campaign at CES! Winners were announced live during a dinner gala often referred to as the event industry’s own “Golden Globes,” held on the first evening of the Experiential Marketing Summit, May 14, at the historic Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. Congratulations to the other nominees and to all nominees and winners of the 2018 Ex awards! BEST TRADE SHOW EXPERIENCE Ex Award Winner Client: Google Campaign: Hey Google @ CES Agency: Sparks Gold Winner Client: Ford Campaign: On-Road, Off-Road, On-Track Agency: Imagination Silver Winner Client: Siemens Campaign: IFA 2017 Agencies: Schmidhuber, Blackspace Full coverage of the 2018 Ex Awards program can be found on http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQpjm....Show more

Sparks takes home the Ex Award for Best Trade Show Experience with the “Hey Google” Campaign at CES! Winners were announced live during a dinner gala often referred to as the event industry’s own “Golden Globes,” held on the first evening of the Experiential Marketing Summit, May 14, at the historic Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. Congratulations to the other nominees and to all nominees and winners of the 2018 Ex awards! BEST TRADE SHOW EXPERIENCE Ex Award Winner Client: Google Campaign: Hey Google @ CES Agency: Sparks Gold Winner Client: Ford Campaign: On-Road, Off-Road, On-Track Agency: Imagination Silver Winner Client: Siemens Campaign: IFA 2017 Agencies: Schmidhuber, Blackspace Full coverage of the 2018 Ex Awards program can be found on http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQpjm.

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The editors of Chief Marketer announce 2018 winners of The Chief Marketer 200 — the industry’s first and only comprehensive list of top non-advertising agencies. Sparks is proud to be included on this extraordinary list under the B-to-B Experiential Marketing category. What CM200 Says about Sparks “Boo-yah! The big league global agency is hitting its high score right now, with some of the biggest clients, biggest experiences and most awards around. The shop has 10 offices around the globe, staffed by 450+ professionals who execute 2,500 events each year. A three-day event for Google was turned into a Burning Man-style experience with 380 speakers, 190 sessions, 85 code labs, 18 product teams and musical performances from Charli XCX. An experience for headphone maker Monster at CES included a custom Bentley tricked out with a Monster sound system, creating big noise with electronics retailers. One of the only experiential partners that has it all in-house—strategy, design, fabrication, execution and measurement.”...Show more

The editors of Chief Marketer announce 2018 winners of The Chief Marketer 200 — the industry’s first and only comprehensive list of top non-advertising agencies. Sparks is proud to be included on this extraordinary list under the B-to-B Experiential Marketing category. What CM200 Says about Sparks “Boo-yah! The big league global agency is hitting its high score right now, with some of the biggest clients, biggest experiences and most awards around. The shop has 10 offices around the globe, staffed by 450+ professionals who execute 2,500 events each year. A three-day event for Google was turned into a Burning Man-style experience with 380 speakers, 190 sessions, 85 code labs, 18 product teams and musical performances from Charli XCX. An experience for headphone maker Monster at CES included a custom Bentley tricked out with a Monster sound system, creating big noise with electronics retailers. One of the only experiential partners that has it all in-house—strategy, design, fabrication, execution and measurement.”

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Sparks Named Best Places to Work in Events Winners determined by employee responses to an Engagement Survey sent via Quantum Workplace. Sparks is ranked among the best! EM said: Ahhhh the mighty Sparks! It’s not the awards and clients that bring in the talent—it’s the talent that brings in the awards and clients. Ask the 450-plus Sparks employees and you’ll hear common words such as family, loyalty, trust, fairness, creativity, passion, teamwork. Ask any of the senior executives about their roster and they’ll tell you their people are everything, and nothing creates award-winning events and happy clients like happy people. Over the years this Top 100 It List agency and mega-Ex Award winner has gotten quite the reputation—for treating its people like rock stars with offices designed to promote collaboration, employee perks (cars washed at the office??), meetings held on rooftops, bowling holiday parties, food truck office breaks, and yes, those dog-friendly digs....Show more

Sparks Named Best Places to Work in Events Winners determined by employee responses to an Engagement Survey sent via Quantum Workplace. Sparks is ranked among the best! EM said: Ahhhh the mighty Sparks! It’s not the awards and clients that bring in the talent—it’s the talent that brings in the awards and clients. Ask the 450-plus Sparks employees and you’ll hear common words such as family, loyalty, trust, fairness, creativity, passion, teamwork. Ask any of the senior executives about their roster and they’ll tell you their people are everything, and nothing creates award-winning events and happy clients like happy people. Over the years this Top 100 It List agency and mega-Ex Award winner has gotten quite the reputation—for treating its people like rock stars with offices designed to promote collaboration, employee perks (cars washed at the office??), meetings held on rooftops, bowling holiday parties, food truck office breaks, and yes, those dog-friendly digs.

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EMP Development. Sparks, a 2017 Best Places to Work winner, believes that learning and development are at the core of what high impact performing companies do; that furthering the professional and personal education of its employees leads to higher customer satisfaction, more innovation, and faster growth. To that point, the agency once again invested in its most valuable asset—its people—with a 2-day development course focused on body language and building rapport. The course, taught by New York Times Best Selling Author, body language expert, keynote speaker and regular media guest, Janine Driver, teaches a number of techniques that allow the student to establish trust with the people they work with and for by better understanding, reading and using body language. When asked why professional development is a key employee retainment strategy for Sparks, Chairman Jeffrey Harrow replied, “There is a lot of competition for top talent in our space. These are smart, creative people who are looking for growth and personal fulfillment opportunities in their work, not just a paycheck.”...Show more

EMP Development. Sparks, a 2017 Best Places to Work winner, believes that learning and development are at the core of what high impact performing companies do; that furthering the professional and personal education of its employees leads to higher customer satisfaction, more innovation, and faster growth. To that point, the agency once again invested in its most valuable asset—its people—with a 2-day development course focused on body language and building rapport. The course, taught by New York Times Best Selling Author, body language expert, keynote speaker and regular media guest, Janine Driver, teaches a number of techniques that allow the student to establish trust with the people they work with and for by better understanding, reading and using body language. When asked why professional development is a key employee retainment strategy for Sparks, Chairman Jeffrey Harrow replied, “There is a lot of competition for top talent in our space. These are smart, creative people who are looking for growth and personal fulfillment opportunities in their work, not just a paycheck.”

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Sparks Helps Marie Claire Launch NYC Pop-Up. Marie Claire magazine partnered with Mastercard to launch The Next Big Thing Concept Shop, a first-to-market, hands-on retail pop-up experience bringing to life the newest innovations in fashion, beauty, entertainment, technology and wellness. Open to the public, The Next Big Thing Concept Shop offered consumers the opportunity to experience a new way to shop, powered by Mastercard technology. The Sparks-designed retail destination brings the pages of Marie Claire to life with three main zones named after popular sections in the magazine, including @Work: the get-ahead guide to career, style and success, @Play: the go-to guide to going out, staying in and getting away and @Peak: the wellness resource for being on your game, in the zone and at your best. To learn more about The Next Big Thing Concept Shop, visit: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQRlv....Show more

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Sparks awards & accolades

Pro Award - Best Use of Event or Experiential Marketing, Chief Marketer, 2018
Pro Award - Best Use of Disruptive Marketing, Chief Marketer, 2018

Pledges & certifications

Pay equality pledge
Committed to paying equitably for equal work & experience
Career advancement program
Helping employees "upskill" into higher-paying positions
Social responsibility pledge
Formal programs or foundation to give back to communities
Diversity commitment
Has programs that support a diverse and inclusive workforce
Pledge to thrive
Taking steps to prioritize employee well-being
First job programs
Maintain entry-level hiring and career development programs to give people career starts

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Employee reviews at Sparks

Sparks has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 143 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sparks employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

Ratings by category

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.8

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Employee reviews

Purchasing specialistFormer employee

5.0

Good culture and benefits despite frequent layoffs

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