By SteveCongdon

Potential Agency Job Openings at Creative Shops

Hello, agency job searchers and recruiters! Happy 2024. Are you looking for a new agency job? Or maybe you’re a recruiter looking for your next agency leader.

What follows is a quick, curated list of creative agencies that might have job openings (as well as some agencies that might be losing staff).

And by the way, this ain’t a secret. This information is pulled from trade articles. So for some additional context and intel that can help shape your pitch, head on over to them. Media-only searches (and there have ben some big ones lately) have been left out.

Wins

GS&P wins Truly
Samsung to Quality Meats
MGM Resorts to Mischief
Verizon to Ogilvy
Quickbooks to FCB NY
TurboTax to R/GA
Dunkin’ to Leo Burnett
Papa Johns to Martin
Pfizer to FCB
Breyers to VML
Weight Watchers to Gut Miami
More Clorox brands to FCB

Losses

Ogilvy loses Truly
McCann loses MGM
McCann loses Verizon
Anomaly loses Dunkin’
Camp + King loses Papa Johns
Dentsu, WPP and Omnicom lose Pfizer
DDB loses Breyers
Dentsu loses some Clorox brands

This post was published January 16, 2024.

Another key hiring indicator: new department leaders
If you’re looking for a new agency job, you should also pay attention to agency leader hires: new presidents, new heads of account management, strategy or creative. (Or other agency departments in which you might work.) Often these new people will be making changes in their group once they understand their new landscape. Related thinking.

Agency recruiters, new department leaders also produces good candidates
A new leader probably replaced someone. Where’s that person who just lost their job going?

New presidents, in particular, potentially threaten existing agency leaders across the agency. How might those capable professionals impact your agency? What is it about the role at your agency that might be attractive to these leaders?

Additional thinking to help you find your next job

More ideas for agency recruiters to identify better candidates, faster

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