Basis

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

Basis Leadership & Management

Updated on August 31, 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: Leadership consistently centers the company on an AI‑driven, unified operating system for autonomous advertising that connects planning, activation, optimization, measurement, and financial reconciliation across channels. This is reinforced by a published manifesto and role design that elevates AI ownership and commercial scale (e.g., appointing a President to drive go‑to‑market).
  • Open & Transparent Communication: Company and About pages provide a clear, plain‑language description of what the platform does and where it is going, echoed across leadership bios and ongoing news that keep the “autonomous advertising” narrative prominent. Messaging repeatedly clarifies the aim to be an intelligent operating system, not just a DSP, unifying every channel, workflow, and financial system.
  • Strong Execution: Concrete launches and integrations align to the vision, such as Compass translating briefs into cross‑channel plans that plug directly into activation and measurement updates like brand‑lift and quality‑signal integrations. Organizational moves and partner ecosystem updates demonstrate follow‑through in linking planning, activation, measurement, and finance under one governed platform.

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