PEOPLE + CULTURE

PEOPLE + CULTURE

Meet the talented people and teams who mark our culture and drive our businesses and our brands forward.

At Advance Local, we celebrate our differences and embrace diversity. We believe in our brands, our value, and each other. Our employees enjoy a supportive culture, excellent benefits, training and development opportunities, and initiatives designed to support and adapt with our evolving business.

Scroll to learn how we bring together unique perspectives, diverse backgrounds and experiences to serve our teams, customers and communities.

Professional Development

We offer a variety of learning experiences and specialized programs designed to deliver unique opportunities that encourage growth at all stages of your career. Experience the support that helps you start strong, advance skills, stay current, and reach bigger goals.

Explore a selection of our professional development opportunities below:

ONBOARDING PROGRAM

Your success starts when you do. Through our onboarding program, you’re given a boost up by pairing you with another employee within your group to show you the ropes so you can quickly get up to speed and on the road to success within your first 90 days.

LEADERSHIP MENTOR PROGRAM

We select from our strong achievers to participate in our annual Leadership Mentor Program. The program is designed to accelerate the professional growth of employees to take on future leadership roles as critical leadership positions become available.

DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT

We practice real-time, ongoing and interactive Performance Management, designed to encourage growth and collaboration to create and meet your personal development goals while achieving business success.

EARLY-CAREER DEVELOPMENT

We nurture emerging talent through various internship and fellowship opportunities, designed to introduce candidates to our career areas, build skills and gain experience for future opportunities.

ONGOING EDUCATION

Through a series of learning options, you’ll have access to up-to-date industry education and information, live training, self-paced online learning (technical & soft skills) and job-related skills training.

INTERNAL ADVANCEMENT

Advance Local believes in finding and building talent from within. We broadcast our open positions internally, encouraging our employees to learn more, apply and interview.

“What I like best about working at Advance Local are the people I work with, the flexible nature of the job and the versatility of the projects we produce.”

Niyala, Events Producer

“What I like about working at Advance Local is definitely my team and the flexibility that we give one another. Working in customer service is definitely fast paced and I love how supportive we are of each other.”

Yasna, Customer Service Manager

“Advance Local is open to ideas and is constantly striving to innovate and finding new ways to do things and do things better.”

Jeff, Content & Design Director

Fostering Community within a Company

We believe Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) builds a positive company culture that supports our mission. A workforce with diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences creates richer journalism, supports innovation, and ultimately, leads to positive business results.

DEI Initiatives Highlights:

EMPLOYEE VOICES

We’ve established internal practices, like focus groups conducted by an independent firm, to give all employees the opportunity to share their lived experiences and voice concerns and suggestions for the path forward.

SPEAKER SERIES

We regularly host enterprise speaker events focused on storytelling to cultivate inclusion. Our speaker series invites people of various backgrounds and experiences to share their stories, establishing understanding of similarities and differences, strengthening communications and enriching interactions.

LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Our Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, who is part of our senior leadership team, leads the development and implementation of our DEI strategic plan. We annually report to our employees all our progress — and consequently, we expect them to hold us accountable to living up to our intentions. Our employees, candidates, customers, audience, and communities hold us to a standard, understanding that it takes everyone to cultivate inclusivity. Each person is responsible.

ACCESSIBILITY

Built-in automated testing and ongoing monitoring to ensure our company websites are accessible for all users.

DEI TRAINING

In alignment with our company values, we offer specialized training opportunities and events designed to provide invaluable insights into DEI best practices. Our training reinforces the Company’s ongoing commitment to ensuring equal employment opportunity for everyone. All DEI training courses are optional, open to all employees and focused on inclusivity.

ADVANCE LOCAL / SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY MASTER’S FELLOWSHIP

Our unique Fellows program allows professionals to work while earning a Newhouse master’s degree in communications — paid by the company.

COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY PROGRAM

Supporting our company mission, full-time employees have the option to take annual volunteer time off to support organizations and events that are meaningful to them.

BENEFITS

We continue to evaluate and adjust our benefits to ensure they address the needs of our increasingly diverse workforce. Visit the Careers section for a detailed overview of our comprehensive benefits offerings.

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