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Hill Holliday is proud to be among the top marketing agencies in the country, with more than 850 employees in Boston, New York, South read more
EMPLOYEE
PARTICIPANTS
12
TOTAL
RATINGS
118

Hill Holliday Company Culture

Hill Holliday Culture

This score is derived from employee ratings & reviews
2.6/5
Hill Holliday's Overall Culture is rated D

Top Rated Culture Dimensions

Hill Holliday CEO

Top 40%Top 40% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably
Karen Kaplan Hill Holliday's CEO
Karen Kaplan
69 /100

Diversity at Hill Holliday

Women at Hill Holliday

Hill Holliday eNPS

Net Promoter Score tracks your employees' overall score to this question: "On a scale from 0-10, how likely are you to recommend working at your company to a friend?"
Bottom 35%Bottom 35% of Similar Size Companies on Comparably

Recommend to a Friend?

-30

Hill Holliday employees are -30% more likely to recommend Hill Holliday as a great place to work

30%Promoters
10%Passives
60%Detractors

Working at Hill Holliday

Working at Hill Holliday is rated below average by 12 employees, across various culture dimensions. Hill Holliday employees rate Team highest among all categories, and think that Compensation and Happiness have the most room for improvement, putting Hill Holliday’s culture in the Bottom 20% compared to similar sized companies on Comparably and in the Bottom 20% compared to other companies in Boston. See below in detail how working at Hill Holliday was rated by employees.

Overall Company Culture at Hill Holliday

D

Overall Company Culture at Hill Holliday is rated D

Last updated months ago

Bottom
20%

Hill Holliday ranks in the Bottom 20% of other companies on Comparably with 501-1,000 Employees for Overall Company Culture Score

Hill Holliday Employee Reviews

Out of 7 Hill Holliday employee reviews, 50% were positive. The remaining 50% were constructive reviews with the goal of helping Hill Holliday improve their work culture.

50%
50%
Positive Reviews50%
Constructive Feedback50%

Positive Reviews From Hill Holliday Employees

  • What are some of the best things about your team?
    Fun, creative, easy to work with
  • What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?
    The people and their attitudes
  • What do you like best about your company?
    I feel very valued as an employee and am encouraged to do good work

Constructive Feedback From Hill Holliday Employees

  • Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?
    Not titled appropriately. Need to rework structures and promotions
  • What's going wrong and how can it be improved?
    Working on the same stuff for too long
  • What would you most like to see improved at your company?
    Everything is good so far

Hill Holliday Company Information

Hill Holliday Company Overview

Hill Holliday is proud to be among the top marketing agencies in the country, with more than 850 employees in Boston, New York, South

Hill Holliday was founded in 1968 and its current CEO is Karen Kaplan. Since its inception 58 years ago, Hill Holliday has grown to 875 employees.

Hill Holliday Mission, Vision & Values

Hill Holliday Mission & Values

At Hill Holliday, we help our clients fight the daily share battle with ideas that win. By swinging hard and fighting smart, we stay laser-focused on the most important part of the equation: the idea. Nothing beats a good one. And every day we come to work and think more of them into existence to help our clients dominate the noisiest of categories. They’re ideas based on hard-won consumer and cultural insights. Ideas that move people emotionally and have teeth. Ideas, in other words, that win.

Headquarter53 State St
Boston, MA 02109
United States of America
Websitewww.hhcc.com
Founding Date1968
Tel(617) 366-4000
Company StatusPrivate
Social Sites

Hill Holliday Competitors

Hill Holliday competitors include AMP Agency, GSD&M, Arnold Worldwide, and Publicis Sapient. Hill Holliday ranks 5th in Overall Culture Score on Comparably vs its competitors. See below how Hill Holliday compares to its competitors with CEO Rankings, Product & Services, NPS, Pricing, Customer Services, Overall Culture Score, eNPS, Gender and Diversity Scores.

  1. #1
    AMP Agency's Logo
    AMP Agency
    4.3/5
  2. #2
    GSD&M's Logo
    GSD&M
    4.1/5
  3. #3
    Arnold Worldwide's Logo
    Arnold Worldwide
    3.3/5
  4. #4
    Publicis Sapient's Logo
    Publicis Sapient
    3.3/5
  5. #5
    Hill Holliday's Logo
    Hill Holliday
    2.6/5

Hill Holliday Employees

Hill Holliday has 875 employees. 12 employees at Hill Holliday have reviewed Hill Holliday across various culture dimensions, providing their opinions on items ranging from executive ratings to the pace at work. The latest review was months ago.

Overall, the 12 Hill Holliday employees give their leadership a grade of D+, or Bottom 25% of similar size companies on Comparably. This includes specific ratings of their executive team, CEO, and manager.

Employees at Hill Holliday are mostly dissatisfied with their total compensation at Hill Holliday, which includes a combination of pay, stock and equity, and benefits.

Overall, employees at Hill Holliday are extremely happy with their team. 12 Participants grade the quality of their coworkers an A. The majority believe the meetings at Hill Holliday are effective, and the majority look forward to interacting with their coworkers.

The majority of employees at Hill Holliday believe the environment at Hill Holliday is positive. Most Participants believe the pace of work at Hill Holliday is moderate. About 25% of the employees at Hill Holliday work 8 hours or less, while 25% of them have an extremely long day - longer than twelve hours.

Overall, the employees at Hill Holliday are not very happy, based on their aggregated ratings of future outlook, customer perception, and their excitement going to work.

Joining Hill Holliday - Employee Onboarding

The prevailing opinion from employees about joining Hill Holliday is that the company was very prepared on their first day. Hill Holliday employees concluded that their overall onboarding experience was positive. 100% said their direct manager was helpful with their acclimation during the first 90 days. First impressions are important, and how prepared a company is on your first day leaves a lasting impression.

Hill Holliday KPIs and OKRs

At this moment no Hill Holliday employees have provided insight into whether or not they clearly understand Hill Holliday's KPIs and OKRs.

AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No100%
Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?
AnswerPercent
Yes100%
No0%
Are the KPIs/OKRs for your department clear?

Hill Holliday CEO & Leadership

Hill Holliday CEO - Karen Kaplan

Karen Kaplan Hill Holliday's CEO
69 /100

Karen’s approval rate is just above average, putting Karen in the Top 40% of all CEOs of similar-sized companies on Comparably, and in the Top 50% compared to the CEOs of all other companies in Boston. Karen Kaplan is well regarded by employees for the Team Hill Holliday offers, and ranks among the Top 10% of CEOs by employees in that category. Karen is most liked by Caucasian employees and Male employees. When compared to Hill Holliday’s competitors, Karen Kaplan ranks just below Publicis Sapient’s CEO Alan Wexler. With Karen’s leadership, Hill Holliday employee respondents are most happy about their Team and Meetings. Karen was rated slightly below average for Compensation.

Hill Holliday Leadership

The Hill Holliday Executive Team is rated a “C+” and led by CEO Karen Kaplan, executive vice president Jim Ricciardi, and Senior Vice President, Director of Interactive Marty Accetta

  • Karen Kaplan  CEO / President

    Karen Kaplan CEO / President

    Karen Kaplan serves as the CEO / President of Hill Holliday.

  • Jim Ricciardi executive vice president

    Jim Ricciardi serves as the executive vice president of Hill Holliday.

  • Marty Accetta Senior Vice President, Director of Interactive

    Marty Accetta serves as the Senior Vice President, Director of Interactive of Hill Holliday.

  • Kevin Walsh CFO

    Kevin Walsh serves as the CFO of Hill Holliday.

  • Robin Wakeham VP Operations

    Robin Wakeham serves as the VP Operations of Hill Holliday. Robin started at Hill Holliday in January of 2003. Robin is... read more

  • Joe Dacey SVP / VP - Information Technology

    Joe Dacey serves as the SVP / VP - Information Technology of Hill Holliday. Joe started at Hill Holliday in October of... read more

  • Leslee Kiley COO

    Leslee Kiley serves as the COO of Hill Holliday. Leslee started at Hill Holliday in January of 2017. Leslee is... read more

  • Steve Callan SVP, Director - Technology

    Steve Callan serves as the SVP, Director - Technology of Hill Holliday. Steve started at Hill Holliday in December of... read more

  • Beth Shafer VP, Resource Platform Operations Manager

    Beth Shafer serves as the VP, Resource Platform Operations Manager of Hill Holliday. Beth started at Hill Holliday in... read more

Hill Holliday Salaries

How much does Hill Holliday pay?

How much do people at Hill Holliday get paid? See the latest salaries by department and job title. The average estimated annual salary, including base and bonus, at Hill Holliday is $76,920, or $36 per hour, while the estimated median salary is $97,400, or $46 per hour.

At Hill Holliday, the highest paid job is a DevOps at $124,530 annually and the lowest is a CS Rep at $44,055 annually. Average Hill Holliday salaries by department include: Admin at $48,220, Design at $97,030, Business Development at $97,290, and Customer Support at $44,800. Half of Hill Holliday salaries are above $97,400.

6 employees at Hill Holliday rank their Compensation in the Bottom 15% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 22 ratings) while 6 employees at Hill Holliday rank their Perks And Benefits in the Bottom 25% of similar sized companies in the US (based on 7 ratings).

Last updated months ago.

1st Percentile
$60k
$60k1st Percentile
17th Percentile
$75k
$75k17th Percentile
33rd Percentile
$92k
$92k33rd Percentile
50th Percentile
$155k
$155k50th Percentile
67th Percentile
$213k
$213k67th Percentile
83rd Percentile
$257k
$257k83rd Percentile
100th Percentile
$272k
$272k100th Percentile
$76,920*
Average Compensation
$97,400*
Median Compensation

* Estimated salaries Estimated salaries are based on data provided anonymously by employees and/or estimated by other statistical methods.

Hill Holliday Salaries by Department

Explore Hill Holliday Salaries

Diversity & Inclusion at Hill Holliday

The Diversity score provides insights into how diverse employees feel and rate their work experience at Hill Holliday across various culture dimensions.

Ranked Culture the Highest

Women N/A/100
Men N/A/100
Diverse Employees N/A/100

Ranked Culture the Lowest

Women N/A/100
Men N/A/100
Diverse Employees N/A/100

Hill Holliday Perks & Benefits

Financial Benefits

  • 401K / Retirement Plan

Hill Holliday PTO

Hill Holliday's PTO and Vacation policy typically gives 20-30 days off a year. Hill Holliday's benefits and PTO Package averages to represent a $500 -$1000 cash value per month.

AnswerPercent
Flex Time0%
Vacation Policy0%
Office Meals100%
401k Contribution0%
Childcare0%
Other than healthcare, which of the following benefits is most important to you?
AnswerPercent
Yes0%
No0%
Does your boss expect you to work when you're on vacation?
AnswerPercent
$2500+/mo0%
$1500 - $2500/mo0%
$1000 -$1500/mo0%
$500 -$1000/mo100%
Less than $500/mo0%
What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be? Healthcare, PTO, etc?

Hill Holliday Careers

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H1B Visa

In 2019, Hill Holliday applied for 3 H1B visas. Of the work permits applied for, 100% were approved.

Work Permit Application Outcome

Hill Holliday has a total of 875 employees

3
Total Applied
  • 100% Granted (3 out of 3)
  • 0% Denied ( out of 3)
  • 0% Withdrawn Application was withdrawn by the employer before approval/rejection ( out of 3)
  • 0% Certified-Withdrawn Application was approved but later withdrawn by employer ( out of 3)

This data was calculated using publicly sourced data from OFLC Performance Data

Let Hill Holliday Know You Want To Work There

Overview of Candidates Interested in Hill Holliday on Comparably

Candidates By Department

All Industries
50%
IT
10%
Marketing
10%
Finance
10%
Sales
10%
Other
10%

Candidates By Location

Boston
80%
New York City
20%

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Hill Holliday

What is Hill Holliday address?

Hill Holliday location is at 53 State St

Who is the CEO of Hill Holliday?

Hill Holliday CEO is Karen Kaplan, their score by employees is 69

What is Hill Holliday eNPS?

The eNPS for Hill Holliday is -30

What is the salary for Project Manager in Hill Holliday?

Project Manager average salary in the US is 99k

What are the salaries in the Marketing in Hill Holliday?

The average salaries for Marketing in Hill Holliday is 94k

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