The redundancies to centralise marketing under Asad Ayaz were confirmed via an internal staff memo. CEO Josh D’Amaro said, “this is hard”, but necessary to streamline operations.
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Analysts expect Omnicom’s jobs restructuring to last into 2026
Omnicom maintains prediction of significant cuts next year is “speculation and inaccurate”.
We Communications trims Singapore workforce by 7%
Salary reviews and bonuses for others stand suspended until mid-2026.
Edelman makes senior leadership cuts amid ongoing restructuring
The PR giant has made senior leadership cuts in Australia, including three key executives, as part of ongoing efforts to future-proof the business.
Google cuts 200 jobs in a core business unit
The redundancies are in a department responsible for sales and partnerships and part of a broader cost-cutting move as Google invests $75 billion in AI and data centres.
Meta begins firing ‘lowest performing’ staff
Notices began going out to employees in most countries including across Asia this week, as the tech giant prepares to cut approximately 5% of its workforce based on performance.
Publicis Media dismisses dozens of US employees for violations of return-to-office policy
The job eliminations were focused in the French holding company’s media division.
Is advertising still a viable career for young people?
Campaign explores how an industry reliant on new blood to remain current will need to adapt to appeal to the younger talent it wants.
Yahoo retrenches journalists, social media staff in Singapore
The media giant is pivoting its strategy in Asia towards content curation, and has reportedly laid off 17 members of its local digital team.
IBM lays off comms, marketing staff
A low-single-digit percentage of IBM’s global workforce is being affected by the job cuts.
The Body Shop India unaffected by UK restructuring, affirms CEO Shriti Malhotra
The statement highlights that the job cuts and certain store closures in the UK market will not affect the Indian franchise market
Google layoffs escalate as automation replaces some roles
Tech giant has slashed hundreds of roles within its ad sales division after throwing more weight behind AI-powered ad products.
Twitch layoffs hit marketing team
Twitch’s senior director of marketing, head of social media and influencer marketing manager were let go as part of a 500-person reduction.
Duolingo offboards translation contractors; Workers allege AI replacement
The language learning app offboarded 10% of contractors, including some who worked on translations, but denied it was to let AI take over.
Google’s ad sales unit gets AI overhaul, sparking job cut fears
Plans could primarily impact the ad sales division as the tech giant explores the benefits of leveraging AI for operational efficiency.
Dentsu cuts jobs in China as it realigns to new structure
The significant changes to the agency's talent roster in China are part of Dentsu's new global strategy.
Spotify lays off 17% of workforce amid cost-cutting drive
CEO Daniel Ek says cuts will ensure company is “right-sized” for future challenges.
300 staff to lose jobs as TVB reorganises its operations
The layoffs were announced as part of a cost-cutting exercise, as the Hong Kong broadcaster restructures its TV production and e-commerce businesses.