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AKQA

Acquired by WPP

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New York: wait for the creative captain - Anonymous employee AKQA Employee Review

2.0
Aug 1, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Some really great, talented people overall (especially below 30). - You get a sort of aura and street cred on your resume (when you don't know what happens behind closed doors). - Internationals welcome. - Kickass managing director (but should be more present).

Cons

- People don't smile, laugh or talk to each other. Desperate need of senior creative leadership to stir the ship and create culture. - Some bad blood in high positions who seem professional but don't have the experience of their title. - Has a bad rep in New York but AKQA leadership doesn't seem to care at all about trying to fix its human problems.

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Pros

solid people, remote work, good work

Cons

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3.0
Jul 2, 2026
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Pros

Design and Strategy teams on the west coast in 2021-2023 incredibly smart and strong in their craft. Overall it is hard not to be impressed with the output and some of what the brand can produce

Cons

NY and DC teams were unpleasant. Competitive fearful vibe compared to other creative and tech industries I have been in. My guess is because everything is based on what accounts and projects they can capture and during this time tech accounts were pulling out of further business as their markets slowed. WPP (the parent company) began lay offs and shuttered whole agencies exasperating this.

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