The media and marketing benchmark includes firms that are centered on promoting brands and selling products and services through established and emerging online channels, harnessing these elements of media to engage potential and current customers. Media and marketing encompasses many different mediums, including display advertising, content marketing and social media promotions. These organizations mostly provide these services and platforms for external clients.
~2m
Questions answered
in last 12 months
~70
Organizations
These insights represent ~2m questions answered from ~70 organizations, ranging in size from 40 to 17,000 people, in the last 12 months.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Public Relations and Communications
46%
Marketing and Advertising
36%
Online Media
19%
North America
46%
Europe
27%
Oceania
12%
Asia
10%
South America
4%
MEA
1%
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
This is in the bottom 9% compared with other industries.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 16 and is in the bottom 49% compared with other industries.
Engagement is defined through these five industry-standard questions from Culture Amp’s engagement survey template.
I would recommend [Company] as a great place to work | 82% Same as global average |
[Company] motivates me to go beyond what I would in a similar role elsewhere | 67% 2% below global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 84% 2% below global average |
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 56% 7% below global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 48% 7% below global average |
People working in Media & Marketing are less engaged than Sports, Professional Services, Tech Manufacturing & Research, and Financial Services.
The highest scoring question for Media & Marketing had 88% of People agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Management.
People in Media & Marketing were generally least favourable about Social Connection, and were most negative towards 'When it is clear that someone is not delivering in their role we do something about it' with 20% of people disagreeing (+0% above average).
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Media and Marketing organizations.
[Company] is in a position to really succeed over the next three years
The factor this relates most closely to is Company Performance
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in Media and Marketing organizations.
1 [Company] is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | 69% favorable Company Performance |
2 [Company] effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | 54% favorable Company Performance |
3 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 62% favorable Learning & Development |
4 [Company] really allows us to make a positive difference | 61% favorable Social Connection |
5 Day-to-day decisions here demonstrate that quality and improvement are top priorities | 58% favorable Service & Quality Focus |
In the short term, 25% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+5% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 15% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+3% compared to overall).
The following questions had the biggest impact on whether individuals felt that they were planning to stay at their organization and not actively looking for alternative jobs.
1 [Company] is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | 69% favorable Company Performance |
2 [Company] really allows us to make a positive difference | 61% favorable Social Connection |
3 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 62% favorable Learning & Development |
We’ve connected the employee feedback data for each company included in the benchmark with ratings from Glassdoor.com, which is one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites combined with a growing database of company reviews, CEO approval ratings and more.
Overall Rating | 3.9 stars (+0.1) |
Culture and Values | 4.0 stars (+0.1) |
Work Life Balance | 4.1 stars (+0.3) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.7 stars (+0.1) |
Career Opportunities | 3.8 stars (+0.2) |
Recommend to Friend | 72.0% (+1) |
CEO Approval | 87.0% (+3) |
Organizations in the Media and Marketing benchmark on average gave 13% of employees access to reports with their survey results. This is higher than average and demonstrates that organizations in this benchmark tend to be more transparent with their survey results to leaders and managers.
An interesting reference point is that the average proportion of managers in organizations is 12-15%, with some industries higher than others (New Tech was closer to 20%).
Media and Marketing
13%
Global average
10%
People in Media & Marketing were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making.
On the lower side, People in Media & Marketing had much lower favorable scores than average in Fairness, Social Connection, and Company Performance.
Below are the most common areas that organizations in Media and Marketing choose to take action on using the Culture Amp platform. Actions varied from changing or iterating on an All Hands meeting, introducing new skip level 1:1s, to introducing an organizational transparency report.
1 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 62% favorable Learning & Development |
2 The leaders at [Company] have communicated a vision that motivates me | 64% favorable Leadership |
3 I receive appropriate recognition for good work at [Company] | 66% favorable Feedback & Recognition |
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