Ad Culture

Ad Culture is a digital advertising recruitment firm based in Toronto that specializes in placing advertising professionals rather than handling generalist hiring. The firm operates with reach into Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Portland, Miami, Kansas, Chicago, San Francisco, and Austin, giving it a presence in markets where agencies and marketing departments are hiring. Its recruiters come from marketing and advertising backgrounds themselves, which shapes how they evaluate candidates for roles tied to website design, SEO, and social media management.

Candidates go through an interview and testing process before being presented to a client, and Ad Culture describes its recruiting as constant rather than project-based, keeping a network of talent in motion rather than starting from scratch with each search. The firm positions its process as straightforward and detailed, and notes it prices its services competitively. The core pitch to clients is relief from the time-consuming parts of hiring: sourcing, screening, and vetting candidates so the client only sees qualified options.

The agency's recruitment work is led by Mike Landry as Head of Recruitment and Stephen Pedder as Recruitment Director, with Marta Gongos serving as Talent Acquisition Specialist. Ad Culture points to trust built from past performance as the basis of its client relationships, and describes its network of candidates as one that continues to grow across the cities it serves.