Agency Structure |
10:12am Mar 16, 2001 PST (#1 of 3)
I would be interested in seeing an organization chart from any agency with 8 to 15 people. We are struggling with the proper balance of skills needed and staff focus. We are a promotion agency that offers many disciplines and we seem to need high paid professional in all areas of our company from traffic to account service to promotion management. Sales are 1.5 to 2mm with 8 staff members including 2 principals.
Sonny Goodall
10:12am Mar 16, 2001 PST (#2 of 3)
We have an 11 person agency. We have 2 principals, (1 the CD, 1 the top AE) 3 art directors, 2 ae's, 1 account coordinator, 1 receptionist/admin, 1 prod mgr and a part-time bookkeeper. From what I know about the industry, this is about right. We don't like thick management structures, so creatives & pm report to CD, ae's report to other principal, and support staff reports to both, but serves all. Check out secondwindnetwork.com for other helpful info!
Christopher Staples
10:13am Mar 16, 2001 PST (#3 of 3)
We are an agency which specializes in packaging design and we have 9 (full and part-time) people and bill around $1.5 mm.
1. Principal who does A.E. and creative (concepting/copywriting) work
2. Creative/Sr. Art Director who heads the art department and works with principal on concepting and does majority of design work
3. Senior Graphic Designer/Art Director who does design work (she works 25 hours/week)
4. & 5. Two Production Artists (one of whom doubles as the IT/computer nerd person) (the other does web production along with regular production)
6. Production Manager who does all estimating, scheduling and trafficking, getting print bids, generates P.O.s and reviews billing
7. Business Manager who does all accounting and billing stuff (plus answering the phones, office management, and human resources) (she works 4 days per week)
8. Office Manager who works one day per week and orders office/kitchen supplies, runs errands, plans office social events, and enters some A/P.
9. New Business Specialist who tries to bring in new business.
This adds up to approx. $400K in payroll per year.
Good luck!
Catherine Colangelo The Phillips Agency
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