Best Places to Work

How Ad Age Picked Its Best Places to Work 2011

Ad Age's second annual Best Places to Work in Marketing & Media list celebrates 30 firms -- some legendary, and others just getting started. Here's how we ranked them.

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Watch: Best Places to Work Confessionals

Watch: Best Places to Work Confessionals

Watch video love letters from employees at a handful of Ad Age's Best Places to Work.

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One Key to Creating a Great Place to Work: Cross-Generational Mentorships

One Key to Creating a Great Place to Work: Cross-Generational Mentorships

If your office is anything like ours, then you're probably sitting in an open floor plan next to co-workers who are in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond. Welcome to the cross-generational workplace.

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Advertising Age's Best Places to Work 2012

Advertising Age's Best Places to Work 2012

Here is information on Advertising Age's Best Places to Work feature. Applications for 2012 are now open.

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Agency Digs Stops by Allen & Gerritsen

Agency Digs Stops by Allen & Gerritsen

We took a trip up to Watertown (just outside of Boston) to visit the No. 1 agency on our annual Best Places to Work list.

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Best Places to Work: No. 1 Allen & Gerritsen

Best Places to Work: No. 1 Allen & Gerritsen

At Allen & Gerritsen, even CEO Andrew Graff has a mentor: the youngest person at the agency, 22-year-old emerging-technology strategist Eric Leist.

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Best Places to Work: No. 2 BGT Partners

Best Places to Work: No. 2 BGT Partners

With flexible hours and a litany of performance-based rewards (monthly spot bonuses, annual raises) it's no wonder that BGT has only lost one employee in the last three years across its 175-person staff. That extends to clients, too.

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Best Places to Work: No. 3 Digitas

Best Places to Work: No. 3 Digitas

It's probably safe to say that most ad agencies -- especially digital ones -- have festive environs. Digitas is no exception, but it's the culture and the collaborative nature that keep employees happy.

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Best Places to Work: No. 4 iProspect

Best Places to Work: No. 4 iProspect

Like a lot of digital shops, the employees at iProspect are young and include a mix of sales-y extroverts and serious nerds.

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Best Places to Work: No. 5 DataXu

Best Places to Work: No. 5 DataXu

Remember how much you looked forward to going to the zoo as a kid? That's how much DataXu employees look forward to going to work every day.

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Best Places to Work: No. 6 Ubermind

Best Places to Work: No. 6 Ubermind

With a name based on a character in the "StarCraft" video game, it's probably no surprise that there are more than a few proud-to-be-called geeks at Ubermind.

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Best Places to Work: No. 7 Mr Youth

Best Places to Work: No. 7 Mr Youth

The move to abolish set vacation, personal- and sick-day limits at the agency happened about a year and a half ago. "It's about recognizing that people don't need to be policed," the agency says.

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Best Places to Work: No. 8 Airfoil

Best Places to Work: No. 8 Airfoil

Cue Eminem, but instead of a Chrysler creeping through the cold, gray Motor City, imagine 52 technology PR pros running around in search of hidden treasure.

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Best Places to Work: No. 9 Archer Malmo

Best Places to Work: No. 9 Archer Malmo

An agency that wins 90% of pitches once it makes the finals might seem as rare as an Elvis sighting. In Memphis, it's possible to find both.

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Best Places to Work: No. 10 Orion Trading

Best Places to Work: No. 10 Orion Trading

How do you keep tabs on an agency that is hiring employees at breakneck pace as it spreads its wings globally, with 13 offices from Toronto to Tokyo? It all starts with breakfast.

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Best Places to Work: No. 11 Clear

Best Places to Work: No. 11 Clear

Clear's employees participate in monthly social events such as karaoke, museum visits and beer festivals. Their space is designed in an open-office layout to facilitate sharing ideas and encourage communication.

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Best Places to Work: No. 12 Slingshot

Best Places to Work: No. 12 Slingshot

Slingshot tries to promote an open environment by doing away with cubicles and walls, and encourages employees to work on pro-bono cases for nonprofits, and also supports outside endeavors such as the 24-hour video race.

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Best Places to Work: No. 13 Horizon Media

Best Places to Work: No. 13 Horizon Media

Company programs such as "Speakeasy" and "Media Masters" allow employees to interact with industry experts and discuss evolving trends in media.

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Best Places to Work: No. 14 Leo Burnett

Best Places to Work: No. 14 Leo Burnett

Leo Burnett USA has offices in Chicago, Detroit and New York, where they organize weekly thought leadership/knowledge programs so that employees can gain more insight into consumer trends and insights.

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Best Places to Work: No. 15 Colle & McVoy

Best Places to Work: No. 15 Colle & McVoy

Minneapolis-based agency Colle & McVoy proves it's true what they say about the land of 10,000 lakes -- the people are the friendliest around.

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