comfortable? sure. creatively rewarding? very rarely. - Creative Director Edelman Employee Review

3.0
Apr 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

People are really kind, good culture, you can move up in title faster than at most ad agencies. Some late hours but I think there's better work life balance than most places.

Cons

None of the creatives I know are making very much work here, and the work they are making isn't great. It varies per team, but on a lot of the teams, creative leadership (like ECD level) just makes you execute their ideas. If you're cool with being a worker bee and don't care about making your own ideas, its a good gig. The pay is absolutely abysmal.

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5.0
Jun 8, 2026
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Pros

Great clients. Great people to work with.

Cons

Office politics. Silly things that were sold to the client that just did not make sense.

2.0
Jun 18, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

I worked with some of the brightest and best people in the business. Most of them are no longer with the company. Some good clients, and nice office space.

Cons

Very limited opportunities for growth. During my time they reduced promotions to only once a year, and made many excuses for promoting as few people as possible (despite becoming the first "$1B" agency at that time). Morale was extremely low. People were forced to come into an office with nobody they actually worked with. Common to be passed from manager to manager. At one point I had 6+ managers within a 10-month span.

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