Does Imagination pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Imagination employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Imagination. This rating has improved by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Imagination?

51% of Imagination employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Imagination 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Imagination?

Project Manager (9) , Account Manager (7) , Account Director (5) , Graphic Designer (4) , Tech Lead (4) , Anonymous (3) , Event Manager (3) , Senior Project Manager (3) , Business Director (2) , Project Coordinator (2) , Project Director (2) , Senior Designer (2) , Web Developer (2)

What are the pros of working at Imagination according to real employee reviews?

"Some great people working there." ((in 27 reviews)); "Lots of opportunity to be directly liaising with client for those in the production and creative team." ((in 13 reviews)); "Great working atmosphere and culture" ((in 12 reviews)); "Nice staff and some friendly colleagues" ((in 7 reviews)); "Beautiful office facilities" ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Imagination according to real employee reviews?

"Can be long hours but it's fun and very rewarding." ((in 12 reviews)); "Everything is under bad management" ((in 9 reviews)); "Quite a political environment, have to be under the right people's management to get opportunities and recognition." ((in 6 reviews)); "to get a promotion you’d have to leave, there was no clear career progression" ((in 6 reviews)); "Poor Management and Leadership within Department" ((in 6 reviews))

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Imagination Reviews

3.0

51% would recommend to a friend

(164 total reviews)

Patrick Reid

62% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.7

Culture and values

2.7

Diversity and inclusion

2.6

Career opportunities

2.5

Senior management

Imagination has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 164 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Imagination employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

164 reviews

5.0

25 Jun 2026

Supportive team but pay is too low

Associate producer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Amazing and supportive Team environment

Cons

Lower pay for the amount of work

3.0

10 Mar 2026

Fine

Accounts payable assistant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The people were really nice and welcoming

Cons

I can’t think of any

1.0

16 Feb 2026

Company on Decline

(prefer not to say)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Work life balance is good

Cons

Use to be a great place to work however as the years have gone by the company morale is on an all time decline and some of the senior management decisions have been very questionable over the years.

Imagination Response

4mo

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We’re really pleased to hear you value the work–life balance. Supporting wellbeing is incredibly important to us. We’re sorry to read that you feel morale has declined and that some leadership decisions have felt questionable. That’s not the experience we want people to have, and feedback like this matters. We’re continuing to focus on strengthening engagement and culture across the business, and open conversations with our teams are an important part of that. If you’d be open to sharing more, we’d genuinely welcome the opportunity to listen. Please feel free to contact our Senior People & Culture Partner at laura.marotta@imagination.com

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