Adland still crossing the line on sexual harassment

Tim Burrowes

March 19, 2019 9:48

The British advertising industry has begun to make progress on challenging sexual harassment within agencies, the Advertising Week Europe conference was told this week.

The #timeTo campaign, backed by key industry bodies, was launched last year with the aim of ending sexual harassment within the British advertising and marketing industry.

It was triggered by the release of a wide ranging survey which demonstrated the continuing prevalence of harassment in adland, particularly in out-of-office situations where alcohol is available.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.