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

3.0
23 Apr 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
7 May 2026
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Pros

good people and cool clients

Cons

not a lot of work life balance

1.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

As always, the people you work with. Nice office spaces.

Cons

Uncertainty and contradictory information. 'Senior' teams have client meetings and make decisions that are not relayed to the teams, solo miscommunication and frustration is the bread and butter of operation. They don't have business visiblity for the next 2-3 weeks so they try to pivot and impress the client up to 3 times a day, which is time consuming, it burns out and rarely anything gets to the client. A very vertical organization, something is right or wrong simply because a 'VP' says so. They claim to be supportive, to have programs, to do everything for their employees, but when you actually need something, you realize you're on your own.

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