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Our industry has a big age problem

on Sep 23, 2022 | 0 comments

By Simon Derungs

Age is just a number. Or is it? Simon Derungs of The Maverick Group argues that marketing has an age problem it isn’t addressing. What does this mean for brands?

As Mark Twain said: “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” The trouble is that our industry does seem to mind – a lot. The IPA estimates that just 5.9% of people working in UK agencies are aged 50+. The average age is 33, and it has remained like this for the last decade.

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Source: The Drum