Thanks for such an informative comment. We love to see the employers that we feature add information, fix any inaccuracies, and generally participate in the discussion. It sounds like Mercury Mambo is doing great work, and we will definitely keep an eye on you.

I came across your post while the team was working to improve our blog and website (both content-wise and for better search placement). Who knew anyone was even talking about us!

We know, we know… the website needs work and clean-up! We’re on it.

Since our agency started in 1999, we’ve undergone tremendous and exciting growth. At the beginning, our business model was to use primarily freelance talent. Over the years the company has evolved and we’ve brought many jobs in-house – we currently have 30 employees.

We still use freelance and contract talent for many of the projects we do in order to bring in expert talent that normally wouldn’t be housed in a promotions and events agency. For example, when we were customizing the Gibson guitars for the Guitar Hero project, we brought in an amazing guitar tech to do the conversion of the real guitars to GH game controllers.

We also hire people occasionally for entry level positions. Being in Austin, we’re extremely fortunate to be surrounded by a number of top-notch universities. One of the team members in the office has done a fantastic job of putting together an intern recruiting and retention program that’s goal is to expose interns to and teach them about as many aspects of agency life as possible. As a result of her efforts, we’ve been able to bring in some amazing intern talent. Quite a few of the interns have come on board full-time after graduation. Of course, some entry-level folks come to us through other, more traditional avenues as well – we usually start by posting openings on Craigslist in Austin.

We also actively recruit for our Brand Ambassador Teams. Since we execute over 1500 events in 22 markets, this team is an extremely important part of our staff. We use Craigslist for this recruitment but in the very near future (probably within the next month), the initial application will be posted on our website. We’ll still post on Craigslist to let people know when there are openings available though!

Thanks for the mention on your site and keep us eye on us. There are more great things to come in the near future!