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GSD&M was one of the most enjoyable company I have been given the opportunity to work for and with it's staff . 
The Companies staff in Chicago and Austin, Texas worked together to make sure staff, clients and visitor received outstanding assistance as needed. 
The duties as an Administrative Assistant and Receptionist was exciting and done with respect, professionally, effectively, efficiently.
Each day was organized, hands-on experiences, making sure visitors  and guest were directed and greeted.Questions answered,phone calls directed an messages taken, maded sure computer, and other equipment is cared for daily.
I learned that being self-motivated and proactive, makes my day easier as well as successful. 
Daily management, being organized, scheduling and maintaining ones duties and open to learning new methods to accomplish and complete a project successfully.
Smiles, of respect and professionalism use on a daily bases toward other.
Sometimes it's not a good day, but you must let it go and do what is needed and expected so the job is done completely and professionally.
Making sure you have accomplished your goal for the day or week is awesome.

Account service rules all at GSD&M, to the great detriment of the creative work. Account service tends to make decisions based on fear. Neither account service nor many creative directors make any attempt to push back on unreasonable feedback, nor do they do much if anything in response to inappropriate client behavior. 

Your experience will depend on what accounts you are on and who your supervisor is, with no attempt on management's part to rotate people off bad clients or otherwise keep hours reasonable. The hours range anywhere from 55 to 80 hours a week on a routine basis. Once I worked 105 hours. 

It's hard to get a raise no matter how good you are, how much you work, or how many awards you win. Somehow the company is always in a "raise freeze." 

Talking about hours or pay is extremely taboo. Work life balance is only ever paid lip service. The biggest shakeups I ever saw there mostly resulted in moving departments to different parts of the building.

GSD&M is an amazing, full-service Advertising agency located right in the heart of Austin, TX.  Situated right on west 6th street, the agency is within walking distance of Whole Foods, along with some very trendy/hip bars for happy hour after work hours.  Everyone at the agency works extremely hard and are very skilled at what they do so don't expect to get by here if you aren't a hard-worker or if you aren't very passionate about your client.  GSD&M is filled with a very diverse group of people and the agency culture is very laid-back.  

I really enjoyed my time at GSD&M. There are lots of fun activities planned for employees and they are great about balancing work and time off. Once you are in a certain department though, it is not as easy as they say to move to or gain experience in another department. There are also some micromanagement issues that don't necessarily vibe with their core values though I'm sure that doesn't apply in all departments. All in all, it's a great place to work and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to work in the advertising world.

The agency is genuinely trying to be a better place. There are efforts around diversity and inclusion, recent momentum around promotions and pay raises, solid new business wins (with more in the pipeline) and some modernization/construction occurring within the building. However, leadership is still struggling to be relevant. They are tone deaf to the needs of the agency. For having female leadership there doesn’t seem to be any female empowerment. Still very political within the upper ranks. If leadership could get out of its own way, the agency would thrive that much faster.

Work/life balance is something they really strive to ensure you have through freedom and responsibility. The job culture is fun, encouraging, invigorating, and exciting. You’re surrounded by the best of the best and I absolutely love it. I do wish we were able to have more advancement opportunities, but I know the company wants everyone to be happy and they’ll try to achieve that in other ways.

The talent level and client roster make it possible to do great work and it's a very collaborative, if somewhat competitive, environment. 

The place is high on autonomy and opportunity and low on training or hand-holding. They give you the rope to be a cowboy/girl or hang yourself. This place responds to people that know how to start and figure stuff out. 

It's very much a part of local culture, which is Austin, so that's terrific.

A typical workday was spent moving the clients marketing forward through planning, event coordination, budgeting, development, etc. I learned a lot about the event and client management, how a government account operates, and business travel. Management differs from account to account. My direct manager left much to be desired. Workplace culture is fun -- dog-friendly, theatre on site, a bar on site, parties, etc. But you work hard here in order to play hard.

I work for GSDM As a Group Creative Director overseeing all of Chili's advertising for 6 Years. I built a team of 9 creatives. I became a consultant once I left GSDM 8 years working for GSDM overseeing all of Popeyes TV and food Advertising. I was hired because of my extensive background with food production and photography. My peers consider me a food Guru.

At first glance anyone would be impressed by the roster of clients GSD&M has but the working environment is anything to be admired. There is a complete lack of organization from top down and they do not know how to efficiently service their clients. In my time in advertising I have never come across an agency that is so poorly ran and is holding on by a thread.

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Copywriter 4 salaries reported	$76,500 per year

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