We’ve already covered our fair share of entry-level advertising jobs, but we figured it was time for another one. The great thing about advertising is that the industry does a lot of entry-level hiring, but it’s a little more spread out than hiring in finance or consulting, which tend to grab their new recruiting classes almost a year in advance. Today, we’re going to look at Draftfcb, which happens to be the world’s third oldest ad agency (although there have been a few mergers and acquisitions inbetween). They often do contracts in the nine-figures, so they’re kind of a big deal.

Those contracts come from names like Kmart, Kraft Foods, and the US Census Bureau. They may not be brands that really get you excited, but that’s why they need brilliant advertising minds like those of the people at Draftfcb (or yours). So who is Draftfcb looking for to help them get people excited about shopping at Kmart and eating Lunchables? They lay it out pretty well on their “What About You” page. We’d link to the page, but Draftfcb’s entire site is in Flash, which doesn’t allow links to individual pages. Despite this, it’s a nicely put together site with great copy – exactly what you’d expect from a major ad agency. Draftfcb also wants someone who will enjoy working at one of the Top 20 Places to Work in Chicago.

As for entry-level jobs at Draftfcb, we’re a little confused about what’s available. That’s why we’re writing about it. If we’re confused, there are probably many job searchers who are having the same struggles and would like to know that they’re not the only ones. What we do know is that Draftfcb’s site makes them sound like a great place to start a career in advertising. In addition, they seem to have a robust internship program, which is usually a sign of a company that does significant entry-level hiring. When you navigate Draftfcb’s site, they make it seem as though the only option is to send a resume without a specific position in mind; however, a deeper looks shows Draftfcb does have job listings. There’s no indication of how up to date these listings are, nor are the listings publicized, which makes us think that they could be old and inactive. Furthermore, there’s an RSS feed of Draftfcb’s job listings available, but these are the same jobs and could be out of date. None of the jobs that were listed were explicitly entry-level anyways, so there’s not too much reason to bother with them.

The last tidbit that we could find was a site entirely devoted to Draftfcb’s college recruiting efforts. The bad news: it hasn’t been updated for 2008. The worse news: it’s intended for college graduates in the United Kingdom. Still, it should give you an in-depth look at what working for Draftfcb is like for a new grad. What’s our advice about getting an entry-level job at Draftfcb? Try submitting your resume and see what happens. Maybe if you keep pushing with the research, you’ll find something that we overlooked. With the amount of information that we’ve found on Draftfcb’s internship program, we’re convinced that there have to be entry-level opportunities to be found.

Note: On April 25th we revisited entry-level jobs at Draftfcb.

Links to Help You Begin Your Research

• The Draftfcb Home Page
• Draftfcb’s Jobs Site
• Wikipedia on Draftfcb

Good news for you internship searchers! There’s a lot more information available about Draftfcb’s internship program.

We've identified Draftfcb as having career opportunities in the following categories:

• advertising
• all employers
• California
• Illinois
• marketing
• New York

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