ad maker

noun

variants or ad-maker

plural ad makers or ad-makers

: a person or company that creates advertisements (especially political advertisements)

You probably don't believe that TV ads influence your voting behavior, but clearly the national political ad makers think otherwise.

—Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer, 24 Oct. 2010

In a cavernous baroque banquet room, ad-makers flipped through their storyboards to impress the new team.

—Michael Riley, Time, 21 Nov. 1988

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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