Sleight Advertising Reviews

Pros

Great teams/employees, excellent management Good work/life balance Excellent growth within the agency

Cons

Have no current cons at this time.

Pros

As far as the creative team is concerned, it runs as almost an entirely separate silo from the account management side (which was a good thing as far as I'm concerned). You're not going to be doing any groundbreaking, amazing work, but you'll have enough to do. Small company so the team is consistently busy. You'll have to be super self-sufficient because you're going to be one of maybe two people doing your kind of creative work, if not the only one. That means you're the in-house expert and you're not going to get a lot of pushback from the team for the most part. If you thrive in a small, family-oriented environment (and yes, that can come with some drama), this may be a good fit. They really do care about the employees they hire for the most part. For example, the funds they received as a small business during the pandemic were given right back to employees, which was totally unexpected but supremely nice.

Cons

If you're coming onto the team, they make it very clear that you'll be doing things Iris' way to no way at all. It may not be the best way, but what Iris says goes. To be fair, though, they'll let you know this during the interview process. Coming from another agency, I could see that a lot of the services being sold to clients were not necessarily what they needed. There's a lack of strategy behind the decisions being made, mostly because the accounts teams are more than happy to sell clients whatever they ask for (likely to earn more commissions) instead of working with them to identify services that would best suit their business goals. There also seems to be a mentality of "get it done" over "get it done well." You're often so busy that you'll spend time making something you're not really proud of because you have to meet a deadline. This leads to less creative, more generic output overall. Leadership has been known to give away free services to try to keep clients, hemorrhaging the creative team's time for unpaid work instead of generating new sources of income. Working with third-party companies for SEO and website development can cause issues as well. Again, it becomes more of a process revolving around getting something built instead of ensuring it's built to last. Little to no room for upward growth as the leadership team is basically cemented in place until they retire. I also got a lot of weird, borderline inappropriate emails from leadership about politics and politics-adjacent topics. For example, at one point we got an email about how we should look into hydroxychloroquine for treating Covid because Trump said so. I'm not one to say you have to hide who you are or what you believe at work, but for a leader to be sending out wild emails well past 5 o'clock regarding non-work issues was jarring for me.

Pros

Sleight Advertising has been a great place to work over the last 6+ years. I've enjoyed working with a team of professionals who are engaged with our clients and get results. Our team has successfully worked with over 100+ businesses and non-profits in multiple industries across the country. Its also been great to work alongside the owners to ensure happiness for both clients and our team. The Sleight Advertising team is like a family with owners who understand that life and work can happily coincide. I've been given the freedom to work from home when needed, take care of my family (and pets), and have been able to take international vacations. Any input to the ownership is listened to and acknowledged. I've also gotten to grow with the company and have had the power to make decisions. They provide paid maternity leave, paid vacation, and sick days (for both employee health and to take my family to appointments).

Cons

30 minutes or so from home.

Pros

Changes in my family dynamic brought me to the Omaha market. I could not feel more blessed to be where I am now. Our team works well with one another on a daily basis to create the best results for our clients. I have never felt as through I was being asked to do anything that was out of a normal professional scope.

Cons

We are constantly reminded that 5:00 is the end of the work day and it is time to go home. (Unless it is Q4 and we are willfully helping customers with marketing campaigns.)

Pros

Coming from a large agency, I find it refreshing to work for such a transparent company. Co-workers are talented and smart and I love the culture here as it feels like family. Iris Sleight is a smart and savvy business owner with outstanding negotiation skills and gives 110% to her clients. I appreciate the day to day, regular interaction I have with Iris as she truly values her employees.

Cons

Smaller company means more expensive healthcare but offset with a stipend for employee coverage.

Pros

Almost all employees were nice and easy to work with.

Cons

The couple that owns Sleight is not well-versed in the field of advertising, which creates a very frustrating environment. They don't understand the roles and responsibilities of certain job titles and employes are often tasked with random projects (sometimes it was painting a wall, sometimes it was making a video for their adult children, etc.) They also traded work (websites, advertising, etc.) done by staff in exchange for projects that needed to be done at their house (pressure washing, new carpet, etc.) Staff still got paid, but it was very unsettling and I didn't like it.

Pros

Working at Sleight Advertising was one of the most enjoyable experiences of my career. Andrew and Iris Sleight treat each employee like family and are very helpful, both personally and professionally.

Cons

None that I can think of!

Pros

Great people, fun clients, very understanding place for working moms! Everyone really cares about each other at Sleight - and always have fun at work!

Cons

No real cons - it's a busy place to work - but busy is good job security!