Apple is looking to double the amount of personnel on its in-house marketing and advertising team, according to a report from AdAge. Currently, according to the report, the team includes 300 employees, but Apple is said to be looking to increase that number to between 500 and 600 people.
Apple, in recent years, has reportedly been resilient to growing the team because of a philosophy created by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs:
Jobs did not want Apple to have a large internal marketing team, because he wanted the company to feel more product-based, not marketing-centric.
Apple has reportedly been moving to poach new people for this group and has been increasingly moving to reduce its reliance on current ad partner Media Arts Lab. However, the report says Apple won’t be breaking its exclusive ties with the firm.
Last month, we noted that Apple has poached Pete Distad, a former Hulu Senior Vice President, to become a Marketing Vice President. Perhaps the hiring of Distad is a move in line with Apple’s marketing expansion strategy.
