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

She’s a big shot at an advertising agency downtown.

From Literature

Sinay, who was Russo’s girlfriend, explained that she ran a small advertising agency.

From Literature

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 Literature

After the meeting I met an Irish girl who worked for an advertising agency, a girl who did social work, a schoolteacher, and the wife of a prominent university professor.

From Literature

Somewhat out of the blue, producer Lee Mendelson got a call from advertising agency McCann-Erickson: Coca-Cola wanted to sponsor an animated Christmas special.

From Los Angeles Times