Do agencies always hire after winning new biz? If so, how long after winning will they start looking for people/hiring?

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Sometimes after you “win” you still don’t fully know what you won. True scale/scope etc isn’t truly revealed until post “win”

Sometimes … there are long transition periods with a lot of work still done by legacy agencies for up to one year, depending

Sometimes .. winning ends up just meaning you won the right to now one by one re-pitch each brand or geographic client stakeholder

Sometimes you staff with in house people, then back fill their role on another client

Sometimes you quietly lost a client at the same moment you loudly won a client and it’s a wash

Etc.

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Good agency or bad agency?

Bad agency will wait as long as possible to fill in the roles because they didn’t plan accordingly. Sometimes up to a year without fully staffing after a win. Then let everyone go after they lose the client. Don’t forget sometimes underestimating the work and burning out old and new employees in the process.

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It can many months after a pitch win for the agency and client to figure out scope of work and staffing.

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Great question OP!

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It varies OP, but generally once the press release hits Adweek or AdAge they’re already a couple weeks into the hiring process.

So that’s usually a good time to reach out. Don’t wait.

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