We spend most of our time cheering on our clients’ wins, so indulge us for a minute while we cheer one of our own. Smack Happy Design has received the 2027 Agency Workplaces Award and is now listed in the Agency Workplaces Index, a directory of agencies recognized for building exceptional places to work.
What makes this one meaningful to us is who did the grading. Agency Workplaces sends an anonymous survey straight to an agency’s team, and responses are only reported in aggregate, so nobody’s answers are tied back to them. Scores combine favorable responses with engagement, weighted by how many people participated. The survey was built specifically for agency life, where tight turnarounds and shifting client priorities are part of the job, and it looks at workload and burnout, pay and benefits, leadership transparency, and whether people feel like they belong. Agencies that don’t qualify aren’t published, so a spot on the Index means our own team vouched for the place.
As a women-led agency with women holding the majority of our leadership roles, we’ve always believed the way a team treats each other shows up in the work clients see. We’re fully remote, spread across the country, and we put real effort into keeping that feeling of a close-knit crew. We like to think we put the Happy in Smack Happy on purpose. Now there’s paperwork to back it up.
A big thank-you to our team for the honest feedback, and to our clients, who make the work worth showing up for. You can see our listing on the Agency Workplaces Index.
