Basis

HQ
Chicago
815 Total Employees
217 Product + Tech Employees
Year Founded: 2001

Basis Leadership & Management

Updated on October 06, 2026

Basis Employee Reviews

I began my career at Basis in 2017 as an intern on the Research & Insights team. Since then, I have grown to become the VP of Research. I credit much of my success to the opportunities my manager has presented to me. She is an amazing mentor who challenges me and constantly encourages growth, which makes me thrive at Basis.

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Maggie, VP, Research & Insights
Maggie, VP, Research & Insights

What People Are Saying About Basis

  • Strategic Vision & Planning: Public materials consistently frame a long-term shift from advertising automation to an AI-driven, autonomous operating system for omnichannel media, indicating a coherent strategic thesis. Feedback suggests leadership roles and product moves are aligned to this direction rather than signaling unrelated pivots.
  • Collaborative & Aligned Leadership: Leadership appointments (e.g., a President role and dedicated AI leadership) are explicitly tied to advancing autonomous advertising, suggesting coordination across executive functions. Feedback suggests responsibilities are linked to mission execution, reinforcing alignment across go-to-market, product, and engineering.
  • Strong Execution: Product releases like Unify and added omnichannel capabilities reflect a steady push to unify fragmented workflows under one platform. Feedback suggests the roadmap shows tangible progress embedding AI across planning, optimization, and reporting.

Basis's Benefits

Engineering team utilizes pair programming

Implements team-based strategic planning

Open office floor plan to encourage communication and collaboration

Uses an OKR operational model to clearly define goals and priorities

Utilizes an open door policy that encourages accessibility