Marketing & Advertising HR Challenges

HR Challenges Unique to Your Industry

  • !FLSA classification of freelance designers, copywriters, and digital strategists
  • !Non-solicitation and non-compete agreements for client-facing account teams
  • !Multistate remote workforce management across distributed agency teams
  • !IP and work-for-hire agreements protecting client deliverables and agency assets
  • !High employee turnover and counter-offer pressure in competitive creative markets
  • !Benefits and compensation benchmarking to attract and retain top creative talent
  • !Performance management for creative professionals with subjective output metrics
Catapult Solutions

How Catapult HR Helps

  • +FLSA classification guidance for freelancers, contractors, and agency creatives
  • +Non-solicitation and non-compete agreement development and policy review
  • +Remote workforce HR management and multistate compliance
  • +IP, work-for-hire, and client confidentiality agreement frameworks
  • +Compensation benchmarking and total rewards strategies for creative talent
  • +Performance management systems for creative and account management staff
  • +Employment law guidance and HR compliance audits

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61%
Of marketing agencies rely on freelancers without proper FLSA classification review
43%
Annual turnover rate in marketing and advertising agencies without structured retention programs
$210K
Average cost of an employee departure and replacement in a mid-size marketing agency

HR Services for Marketing & Advertising Employers

Expert support across the HR functions that matter most to your industry

Compliance

Employee Handbook

Agency handbooks covering IP rights, conduct standards, non-solicitation policies, and compliance.

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Compliance

HR Compliance Audit

Full HR audit for marketing agencies against FLSA, remote work, and Southeast employment law standards.

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“Two senior account managers left for a competitor and took three client relationships with them. Catapult helped us build non-solicitation agreements and retention structures we should have had from day one.”

Managing Director, Advertising Agency — 85 employees, NC

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HR Built for Marketing & Advertising Agencies — Protecting Your Talent and Your Clients

Our practitioners understand the contractor complexity, IP risk, and retention challenges unique to marketing and advertising agencies in the nation.

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