Company overview

McKinney is a full-service creative agency that generates unfair attention for brands. In 2024 and 2025, McKinney was named to both Ad Age’s A-List and its list of Best Places to Work – two years in a row – and was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2024, reinforcing the agency's commitment to providing an exceptional workplace culture where employees thrive and creativity flourishes. McKinney Health, the agency’s Pharma and Wellness practice launched in 2022, was named as the Manny's 2025 Agency of the Year, Category III. McKinney is part of the Cheil network and has offices across North America, including Durham, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Toronto. McKinney has been recognized by Cannes Lions, Effies, The One Show, D&AD, ANDY, CLIO, LIA, the Shortys, and The Webby Awards, among others. Client partners include brands such as Popeyes, Blue Diamond Growers, Little Caesars, Pampers, Henkel, Samsung, Indivior, Sherwin-Williams, Biogen and the Ad Council. For more information, visit mckinney.com.
Founded in 1969
Durham, North Carolina, USA
372 employees (116 in marketing)

Salaries

Typical salary range

$105,000 – $118,750

/ yr

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People

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount -4.1% year over year

Audience

Monthly website visitors
14.6K
Month over month-4.6%
Quarter over quarter+14.8%
Top sourceDirect (52.6%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank58.9
Traffic source mix
Direct
52.6%
Search
31.2%
Social
8.1%
Referral
6.7%
Paid referral
1.2%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

35.5K

12-mo growth

+13.2%

Monthly growth

+2.3%

News

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