Archive | Layoffs RSS feed for this section

Pearson Partners Closing Doors After 33 Years

6. July 2010

0 Comments

Pearson Partners Closing Doors After 33 Years

Longtime Indianapolis, Ind. ad agency Pearson Partners Inc. is closing after 33 years, according to a report in the Indianapolis Business Journal. About a dozen workers will be left without a job. The agency apparently is another victim of the tough economic times. President and CEO Ron Pearson told the paper “we’ve struggled through the recession” [...]

Continue reading...

Bartle Bogle Hegarty to Decimate UK Staff

20. August 2009

0 Comments

Bartle Bogle Hegarty to Decimate UK Staff

Advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty will lay off 10% of its staff in the United Kingdom. The firm blames the decline in ad spending. The redundancies will target 40 people at the firm’s 400-person London office. Earlier this year, the agency slashed salaries by 3.5%. BBH counts British Airways, Barclays Bank and Audi amongst its clients. Bartle Bogle [...]

Continue reading...

Kolar Lays Off 19 Employees

4. August 2009

0 Comments

Kolar Lays Off 19 Employees

Kolar Advertising has laid off employees for the first time in its 20-year history. Nineteen of the firm’s 89 employees have been laid off. Those laid off are getting a severance package and outplacement. Two of Kolar’s major clients, the US Army and 3M, have cut back on ad and marketing spending. Founded in 1989, Kolar is the [...]

Continue reading...

CCO Wilson Leaves Dentsu America

30. July 2009

0 Comments

CCO Wilson Leaves Dentsu America

Dentsu America has confirmed that Mike Wilson has left the firm. He was Chief Creative Officer and an executive vice president. Wilson joined the firm in December 2006. No reason was given for his departure. Wilson was previously a group creative director at Ogilvy & Mather. Creative directors Paul Laffy and Bruno Corbo, also previously at Ogilvy, [...]

Continue reading...

Manhattan’s Horn Corp. Gives Office Space to Unemployed Ad Workers

15. June 2009

0 Comments

Manhattan’s Horn Corp. Gives Office Space to Unemployed Ad Workers

Manhattan ad agency The Horn Corp. is offering free office space to unemployed advertising pros looking for work. Each day a small crowd of grateful people works out of their office on their laptops, sending out resumes. The job-searchers have formed a small community, helping each other chase down job leads. Agency honcho Ariel Horn brainstorms with [...]

Continue reading...

Feds: Ad Agencies Lost 24,100 Jobs in Recession

29. May 2009

0 Comments

Feds: Ad Agencies Lost 24,100 Jobs in Recession

According to information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics at the US Department of Labor, the nation’s advertising agencies have lost 24,100 jobs since the recession began last year. Advertising Age used the government numbers to determine that, factoring in all advertising related media jobs, the total job loss for the period is 65,100. According to BNET, [...]

Continue reading...