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. This benchmark only includes Men employees. We use woman and man because most of our customers are using binary options.
~0.8m
Questions answered
in last 12 months
~60
Organizations
These insights represent ~0.8m questions answered from ~60 organizations, ranging in size from 20 to 5,800 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.
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Public Relations and Communications
43%
Marketing and Advertising
37%
Online Media
20%
North America
48%
Europe
26%
Oceania
11%
Asia
9%
South America
5%
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 10% compared with the overall average.
The average eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 16 and is in the bottom 44% compared with the overall average.
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 | 68% 1% below global average |
I am proud to work for [Company] | 84% 2% below global average |
I rarely think about looking for a job at another company | 50% 5% below global average |
I see myself still working at [Company] in two years' time | 56% 7% below global average |
Men working in Media & Marketing are less engaged than Logistics & Transport Male, Healthcare Male, Management Consulting Male, and Professional Services Male.
The highest scoring question for Media & Marketing had 90% of Men agreeing that they are able to arrange time out from work when they need to (+2% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
Men 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 18% of people disagreeing (-2% below 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 (Male) organizations.
I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company]
The factor this relates most closely to is Learning & Development
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 (Male) organizations.
1 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 62% favorable Learning & Development |
2 [Company] is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | 71% favorable Company Performance |
3 [Company] really allows us to make a positive difference | 62% favorable Social Connection |
4 [Company] effectively directs resources (funding, people and effort) towards company goals | 56% favorable Company Performance |
5 We acknowledge people who deliver outstanding service here | 72% favorable Service & Quality Focus |
In the short term, 24% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+4% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 18% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+6% 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] really allows us to make a positive difference | 62% favorable Social Connection |
2 I believe there are good career opportunities for me at [Company] | 62% favorable Learning & Development |
3 [Company] is in a position to really succeed over the next three years | 71% favorable Company Performance |
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 | 3.8 stars (+0) |
Culture and Values | 3.9 stars (+0) |
Work Life Balance | 4.05 stars (+0.2) |
Compensation and Benefits | 3.65 stars (+0) |
Career Opportunities | 3.65 stars (+0.1) |
Recommend to Friend | 70.5% (-0.5) |
CEO Approval | 86.0% (+2) |
Organizations in the Media and Marketing (Male) 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 (Male)
13%
Global average
10%
Men in Media & Marketing were much more positive than average regarding Decision Making and Work & Life Blend.
On the lower side, Men in Media & Marketing had much lower favorable scores than average in Fairness, Social Connection, and Company Performance.
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