Q&A With ICM Partners Employees

Dress professional, suit and Tie.

If you work for a high level partner or department you will most likely have a work phone. Otherwise you don't work from home.

Not innovative at all, very stuck in their old ways.

Standard medical and dental, 401K, and monthly gym reimbursement up to $25 a month for assistants.

When it comes to an assistant getting promoted to a coordinator, the department heads decide among themselves whom they think is most deserving. The process is very political, and usually isn't based on a person's qualifications.

The company recently implemented departmental reviews. However, the feedback isn't specifically tailored to any one person. They either like you or they don't, and this become clear after your first review. The advice they give is very generic and usually includes something like "read more scripts, go out on more drinks, we don't know who you are, etc." If you stick around long enough to get a second review, you will find they don't address what you've improved on, they will simply dangle a new carrot for you to chase in hopes of keeping you lingering around in their dwindling assistant ranks.

Much of upper level management clashes with the CEO.

The assistant turnover is very high, with more assistants going out than coming in. As long as you don't bomb the interview, you are likely getting hired. Just come prepared with knowledge about the company and about the agency business. Read the trades and have a point of view about some recent entertainment news. Be poised, confident, and make good eye contact.

ICM recently got new offices which are quite nice.

What was a recent mistake you made on the job and how did you handle it?

The only people that succeed at the assistant level are the ones who work for the department heads, at least in the Talent Department. And even then, promotions only happen every 1.5 to 2 years. Also, the internal politics are insane. People that are far less qualified get promoted because of who they are related. That being said, they value people who are loud, aggressive, and hard-working.

They are few and far between, but when they happen they are usually fun.