media manager

associate director

media planner

data scientist

vice president

Razorfish

Razorfish provides a calm, casual environment in which employees set their own hours as long as they do what it takes to get the job done.

This is a good place for learning lots of tools and best practices for your career. Long-term career growth could use some major refining. Management is aware, has acknowledged it, and put forth a plan to correct this shortcoming.

Co-workers are quirky and brilliant. However, no one speaks to you unless you speak to them first.

Depending on what discipline you're in, the hardest part of job is not always seeing how your work ultimately benefits the client.

Razorfish can exposure you to a wide variety of projects in different sectors relatively quickly. Some of the projects are "sexier" than others. Some of the projects are more stressful than others. 

This job was a great fit at the beginning of my career due to the variety and travel. Some of this got a little old once I wanted to "stay put".  They staffed projects without much regard to where people lived. It felt like a random lottery of every creative within the P&L. As a result, there was a A LOT of travel. When I check in with friends that still work there, this still seems to be the case. 

If you want to rack up starwood points, this is the job for you!

Managed all Forest Laboratory accounts and assisted Schering-Plough team -Analyzed/optimized campaign performance to ensure delivery goals were met -Provided strategic recommendations for website development -Created and tracked action tags for client programs -Managed multiple disciplines including Branding, Web Media, Search, Analytics, Creative, etc. -Used Atlas to carry out Assigning and Trafficking tasks -Completed bi-weekly performance snapshots and monthly analytical dashboards -Coordinated daily status calls, deliverables, and reports -Managed/formed quarterly competitive decks and annual data reports -Trained and mentored new team members -Sent out Pharma and Digital Marketing related updates on a regular basis

An advertising agency is a great place to work for people that like varied projects for different people, companies, and products. It's not for anyone. Sapient Razorfish is one of the top agencies in the world and capable of any level of advertising campaigns; their major focus is customer engagement.
In San Luis Obispo there is a studio that allows the company to create everything from quality photographic layouts to Video and Audio that can be used for TV and Radio commercials - so there is no place they can't go to help you achieve your goals as an employee.

Don’t turn your back to anyone there, else they might stab you in the spine. Management is remote and will not support you or your decisions. Minimal training that gives you just enough rope to hang yourself with. 
Example: Senior Ad Exec left her office keys at home. She calls me at home very early in the am, complaining why wasn’t I in the office as early as her so I could unlock her door.  In training no one told me there were keys to all the offices or showed me where they were hidden. So remote manager chewed me out for not helping her. 
Awful place. Awful people. And I saved two important projects that were worth millions of dollars to them in one week.

Very poor office ergonomics (bad chairs, low desks, very loud HVAC system), zero work space privacy for those that do individual, rather than team-based, jobs.  Prior to Publicis Groupe purchase of the company, the culture was one of fun, innovation, and collaboration.  It has become one of "grab what you can get away with", no policy discipline, no planning ahead, and constant crisis management.

The work itself is pretty exciting. You get to work on projects for some big-name companies and the opportunity to make a difference. The people as a whole are fantastic - usually very nice and helpful.

Work-life balance lacks as well as the culture as of late. Put in a lot of hours without a lot of recognition. Promotions are hard to come by and they've been losing quite a bit of great talent.

The benefits were fantastic and general perks were great. Also the office is beautiful.

Team-level excellence is easy to find. 
Leadership does exist in pockets.
Overall company direction and management can be confusing.
Company stability and management is questionable. 
Bureaucracy layers are innovation killers and stifling. 
Regional office interaction and cross-discipline capabilities are minimal. 
Holding company groups sometimes compete with Razorfish which impedes the agency differentiation and competitiveness overall.

Razorfish has a great work environment. It's very fast paced but your are given all the tools and encouragement to be your best. Most employees are young, innovative and very easy going. Management always worked to bring employees together through events, meetings and other fun activities. I was sad to leave but was relocating out of state to Hawaii. I would definitely work for Razorfish again in the future.

What is the best part of working at the company?
There is no best part. Managers are too self centered and some of your colleagues are 2 face people.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Everything about that company was stressful, I’m so glad that I quit that job.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic Toxic Toxic. Bunch of managers running the company like it is a third world company.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start with stress and ends with depression and frustration.

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