Avantages
-Great clients, interesting challenges and a big impact in the world of marketing/brand strategy given the size of the firm -Nice, genuine people with an increasing focus on people development and culture; The firm is not very diverse, but there is a genuine focus on diversity, equity and inclusion and some real investment in changing that -Flat structure with lots of autonomy; You can truly be the master of your own destiny -Related to the above, lots of ability to shape new approaches, methodologies and IP -Lots of opportunities for directors to build their brand via events, IP development and thought leadership -As a Director, you're very involved in client challenges and problem solving; not just on business development and pitching
Inconvénients
-Very lean structure which lacks traditional admin support (office managers, executive assistants) meaning a lot of time is spent on non-productive tasks -The team is very Director heavy, so lack of junior support means you spend a lot of time on lower value tasks (i.e. editing charts, drafting discussion guides etc.) -Lack of strategic focus; the flip side of autonomy is that the firm seems to be moving in many directions at once -Sometimes the feeling of an identity crisis between being a strategic insight agency and strategy consultancy (based on who's doing the work and how the client understands Clear's sweet spot)