Titanic - Advertising Account Executive JES Publishing Employee Review

1.0
14 Mar 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Remote work available and nice magazine.

Cons

Nobody reads magazines anymore. And getting a job here is getting a third class ticket on the Titanic. It is managed from Florida. Every current client that is willing to spend their money on print advertising is already taken. Any other advertiser in the market knows better than to buy archaic print ads making new business impossible. Only one or two AE’s make any money at all. No real leadership besides the once a week zoom meeting (berating) from Florida. Nobody trusts each other culture. They hire people that don’t last four months and they do this over and over. They can’t keep a director of sales. Can’t keep editorial staff. Run. This is the definition of toxic work environment in every way.

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5.0
29 Nov 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great environment Friendly and kind co-workers A true team mentality Fast pace enviroment where no day is the same

Cons

Little room to move up in the company

2.0
17 Mar 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A truly beautiful book -- great layout, redesign A chance to dig in and write some really solid features

Cons

-crazymaker culture: screaming, profanities, berating staff, owners at odds with editorial execs -- no win situation. -plunging circulation, ad revenue -- feels like the Titanic -no succession plan, elderly and ill owners -whiplash brand identity: elegant and upscale one issue, farcical the next -a tiny office with three desks crammed into a 10-10 space -lots of drama: screaming, shouting and crying, ugh -three senior editors fled in 12 months (and ad sales director) which says a lot about how unpleasant it is here -no raises -poor and outdated technology -left my job at a Fortune 500 publishing company (14 years of editorial leadership in features, plus literary journalism grad degree) and was afforded little autonomy as editor, urged to take control by owners, cut off at the pass by group ed who seem at cross purposes.

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