BatesMeron Reviews

We’re a small, close knit team that wholly trusts each other to do what they do best. Everyone is eager and willing to help when other team members need support. As designers we’re encouraged to fight for our ideas, solve business problems strategically and do the best possible work for our clients.

If branding and marketing are your bread and butter, I really believe there’s no better place to kick off or continue your career than BatesMeron. I started with the company about a year and a half ago as a copywriting intern and immediately saw the value in the work I was doing. I was given the opportunity to sit in on discovery meetings, learn the branding process and concept and present my own ideas alongside the rest of the copy team. This idea of working on the same projects as senior employees may seem intimidating, but it was truly the most beneficial experience for my career that I had at any internship. It showed me that the team at BatesMeron didn’t see me as a lower-level employee, but instead saw the value and potential I brought to the team and wanted to give me the opportunity to prove it. Though I often worked on the same projects as other writers, the environment was never competitive. It never felt as though I was pit against them. We all understood that although we were working on individual ideas to pitch to the team internally, we all had the same higher goal: creating the best work possible for the client, regardless of whether it came from your mind or not. We each came to the table ready to show our own work, providing feedback and refining the ideas that we collectively agreed would best serve the clients’ needs. There was never preference given to senior employees or their work, and because of that many of my ideas came to fruition for real clients—something I hadn’t experienced at any other internship. This experience of diving headfirst into a real copywriting position was of course a challenge, but I was given all the guidance and encouragement I could have asked for. By the end of my internship, my writing and my understanding of branding and marketing had grown exponentially. After my internship, I’m happy to say I was hired full-time as a copywriter on staff. Everything I enjoyed about my internship has continued into my career with BatesMeron—the collaborative environment, the fair treatment of staff, the ability to work on a multitude of different projects, from branding to writing sell sheets to creating themes and collateral for various events. It’s a small team, so everyone wears many hats. The office is laid back and you can feel comfortable being yourself, giving honest feedback and pitching ideas. Essentially, if large agencies with consistently late nights, siloed departments, a lack of collaboration and lots of big egos is something you’re looking to get away from, then BatesMeron is the answer.