Advertising Giant WPP Set to Axe 1,000 More Jobs as AI Reshapes the Industry
The British advertising group has already cut about 11,000 jobs since the start of 2025 as Cindy Rose pushes a turnaround plan.
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Times of IndiaAdvertising giant WPP set to axe 1,000 more jobs as AI reshapes the industry
British advertising group WPP plans to cut up to one thousand more jobs this year. This latest round adds to over eleven thousand job losses since early twenty twenty-five. The company is also offloading non-core businesses and surplus office space. Advertising industry-wide slowdown has seen eighteen thousand jobs cut across agencies. Executives say restructuring plans are increasingly designed with artificial intelligence tools in mind.
WPP to cut 1,000 more jobs as AI reshapes global advertising
The move comes on top of about 11,000 positions cut since early 2025, bringing headcount to 97,388 as of 30 June 2026. The fresh reductions are expected in the second half of this year. The cuts are part of WPP’s Elevate28 transformation programme targeting £500 million in gross annualised cost savings by 2028, with £100 [...] The post WPP to cut 1,000 more jobs as AI reshapes global advertising appeared first on HR Katha.
The British advertising agency WPP, the largest in the world, will reduce up to 1,000 jobs before the end of the year, which are added to the rest included in the restructuring plan under the leadership of Cindy Rose, the company’s deputy advisor who is one year in the lead on September 1, according to [...] La entrada The advertising agency WPP will cut up to 1,000 more jobs by the end of 2026 aparece primero en Forbes España.
WPP, one of the world's largest advertising groups, is planning further layoffs of up to a thousand people by the end of the year as part of a restructuring. The reduction in the company's workforce highlights the transformation in advertising accelerated by artificial intelligence.
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