Leadership & Talent

Agencies Have an Ageism Problem

Age discrimination in the advertising sector is rampant, but often left out of the conversation

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78% of older workers have seen or experienced ageism in the workplace.Malte Mueller/Getty Images
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By Emmy Liederman

July 28, 2022

If you want proof that ageism plagues the ad industry, Grace Creative co-founder Susan Lee Colby points to how older adults are portrayed in creative work.

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Emmy Liederman

Emmy is an Adweek staff writer covering ad agencies.

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