advertising agency

American  

noun

1. an agency employed by advertisers to plan, design, place, and supervise their advertisements or advertising campaigns.

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advertising agency British  

noun

1. an organization that creates advertising material, contracts for publication space, and sometimes undertakes market research on behalf of its clients

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Etymology

Origin of advertising agency

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Example Sentences

They want a drummer named Charlie Watts to join them, but Watts is already playing with three other bands while working at an advertising agency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Dan Kim, a creative director at New York advertising agency McCann, has considered leaving his mid-range club, Dumbo House, an outpost of Soho House in Brooklyn.

From Salon • May 30, 2025

Mr Robinson, who runs Hello Starling, a Cardiff-based advertising agency, said vacancies at his business were attracting applications that were riddled with AI-generated sentences.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

He subsequently spent a short, regret-filled period at a San Salvador advertising agency.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

The advertising agency and the tobacco company were delighted by the unpaid publicity and were only too happy to confess to the error in the coda, “What do you want, good grammar or good taste?”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker