The job market has never been easy to navigate. But between tightened marketing budgets, agency consolidation and economic headwinds, the job market is as convoluted as ever.
June 13, 2025

AI screenings, budget cuts, and burnout: What’s really behind advertising's hiring disconnect

The job market has never been easy to navigate. But between tightened marketing budgets, agency consolidation and economic headwinds, the job market is as convoluted as ever.

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  • Here's what we can tell you about Cannes Lions 2025 so far.
  • PayPal, which has offered advertising since October 2024, is going live with a new tool for onsite and offsite advertisers.
  • At Digiday’s inaugural virtual industry town hall, participants mull the virtues and risks posed by leading DSPs.
  • MediaSense's managing partner and industry fixer is one of the digital media world's best kept secrets as he guides clients to their agency selections.
  • Several Omnicom executives who spoke with Digiday talked of “the power of live content, conversation, and commerce to drive brand growth.”
  • With programmatic processes speeding up, publishers and SSPs can do more merchandising of impressions before they are put up for auction through sell-side decisioning tactics.
  • From sister site, Modern Retail: The death of the checkout counter is leading brands to rethink their store layouts.
  • Our most-read story this week: WPP’s not only losing Mark Read, it’s about to lose another client to Publicis: Mars.

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