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Top ad agencies are starting to hire again. What WPP, IPG, and other holding companies offer diversity, data, and healthcare specialists.
- Patrick Coffee reviewed open positions and salaries at agencies ranging from a role for a $400,000 strategy officer to a $500,000 managing director to see where ad agencies are hiring.
- Ad agencies have cut thousands of jobs due to the coronavirus but are hiring in areas like healthcare and precision
marketing . - Diversity roles are also a big opportunity. Several big agencies including Omnicom Health Group, Goodby Silverstein and Partners, and IPG's Hill Holliday have open listings for chief diversity officers or their equivalent.
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Colgate's latest DTC play is a millennial-aimed electric toothbrush that aims to give competitors like Quip a run for their money
- Tanya Dua reported that Colgate is rolling out a new electronic toothbrush called Hum that is meant to appeal to millennials.
- Hum costs $69.99 for a rechargeable option and $49.99 for a battery-powered option, compared to Quip, which costs $40.
- The toothbrush will roll out in September in stores like Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Amazon and include social
media , search, and influencer marketing.
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Inside Complex Networks, where some current and former employees said leadership fostered bullying and favoritism and shrugged off complaints
- Digital media company Complex Networks is facing a reckoning after a number of current and former employees cited incidents they say are evidence of bullying and unfair treatment of employees and a dismissive response by the company, Ashley Rodriguez and I reported.
- Complex Networks has launched an investigation and hired an outside consultancy in light of the complaints and said improving its culture was a "major priority," though three employees who were interviewed as part of the investigation said that it's unclear to them how seriously the company is taking the allegations.
- Complex Media's head of HR, Jay Salim, was placed on leave in June in connection with the investigation and is leaving the company.
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More stories we're reading:
- Facebook is calling Apple out for refusing to reduce its 30% App Store fee for a new Facebook feature that could help small business owners during the pandemic (Business Insider)
- Brands that have thrived on TikTok explain how they'll market and work with influencers if Trump bans the app (Business Insider)
- Rent the Runway is permanently closing all of its physical stores as the company rethinks retail during the pandemic (Business Insider)
- Inside the creation of TikTok star Addison Rae's new brand Item Beauty, from the first pitch to product development (Business Insider)
- W Magazine will live another day, in deal with Bustle Digital Group (New York Times)
- Stadiums across America are empty, so what happens to those naming rights deals? (Adweek)
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