This document provides 4 tips for keeping creative agency staff happy and productive: 1. Get your wages right by paying a fair wage to attract and retain top talent, as hiring and training new staff can cost up to a year's wages. 2. Offer the right benefits package to be competitive and supplement wages. Distribute benefits fairly across staff. 3. Fairly reward staff for great performance through metrics for individual, project, and company success tracked by project management software. 4. Set your team up for success by hiring a dedicated traffic manager to focus on organizational workflow rather than the whole team jumping between tasks.

1. Keys to
Engaged,
Productive
Creative Agency
Employees

2. Managing clients, staff and
profits will present some of
the biggest challenges you
face in your business.
Here are 4 tips that can be
used to keep your staff
happy and productive.
But first…

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4. Now back to
business

5. Get Your
Wages Right

6. In the creative agency, your
talent is your produce.
Thus, it’s important to not
only attract the best talent,
but to retain it.

7. Hiring new talent can cost
up to a year’s wages.
All the resources put into
the hiring process and
training adds up. Therefore,
it’s crucial to start
everything with a fair wage.

8. Offer the
Right
Benefits

9. The right mixture of benefits
is important to be competitive,
but it’s also a way to augment
or compliment your wage
offerings.

10. Fairly Reward
Your Staff

11. It is also important to
distribute the benefits fairly.
You’ll want to consider
benefits or rewards for great
performance.

12. If you don’t have metrics for
staff, project and company
profitability, you may want to
consider a project
management software, like
fp., that provides this data.

13. Set Your Team
Up for Success

14. More and more agencies are
hiring traffic managers.
It’s more efficient to have one
person focused on the traffic of
the organization, rather than the
whole team jumping from task to
task.

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