GumGum

HQ
Santa Monica
Total Offices: 6
500 Total Employees
109 Product + Tech Employees
Year Founded: 2008

What's the Company Culture Like at GumGum?

Updated on August 31, 2026

GumGum Employee Reviews

GumGum offers an array of programming to encourage connection amongst our GumGummers. From wellness experiences, which include virtual sound baths and meditations to in-person events like mixers, team-building activities, and dinners with our Leaders, there is something for everyone to enjoy throughout our global GumGum community.

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Sheena Deans, Experiential & Social Media Marketing Lead
Sheena Deans, Experiential & Social Media Marketing Lead

In the years I’ve been at GumGum, I’ve had the opportunity to grow alongside the business and play a meaningful role in shaping our value proposition in the market, which I find incredibly rewarding. 

I feel that my ideas are genuinely valued, and I’m empowered to turn them into solutions that drive real results for our advertisers. What I appreciate most about our culture is how consistently my team brings our values to life. I also feel personally aligned with these values: being customer-obsessed, making it happen, always innovating, and fostering a strong sense of belonging.


 

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Laura Hicks, Senior Product Manager
Laura Hicks, Senior Product Manager

Since joining GumGum in 2022, it has quickly become one of the best places I’ve worked. I’ve been given a high level of trust and ownership from the outset, with continuous opportunities to grow, take on new challenges, and make a meaningful impact.

What truly sets GumGum apart is its commitment to fostering a culture of belonging. Through our ERG, employee experience initiatives, etc., this is not just a principle but a lived experience. Creating an environment where employees feel valued, supported, and connected.
 

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Lorraine Appiah-Danquah, Senior People & Culture Advisor
Lorraine Appiah-Danquah, Senior People & Culture Advisor

What People Are Saying About GumGum

  • Collaborative & Supportive Culture: Colleagues are often described as welcoming and eager to help, with teams that rally around one another and maintain a friendly, trust-based environment. Feedback suggests open, respectful interactions and cross‑team collaboration are common cultural strengths.
  • People-First Culture: Many accounts highlight feeling “safe and seen as a human being,” with flexibility, DEIB programs like the VOICE Coalition, and employee‑led initiatives designed to ensure people feel valued, heard, and appreciated. Wellness experiences, connection rituals, and ERGs are positioned to reinforce belonging across a distributed workforce.
  • Empowering & Trusting Leadership: Employees describe high trust, ownership, and autonomy to make an impact, with approachable leaders who provide tools, listen, and encourage curiosity and initiative. Engineers and other teams are encouraged to explore ideas and experiment, reinforcing empowerment.

GumGum's Benefits

Quarterly engagement surveys to gauge employee satisfaction

Has employee-led culture committees

Offers company-sponsored happy hours

Offers company-sponsored outings

Includes wellness experiences, which include virtual sound baths and mediations, to in-person events like mixers, team-building activities, and dinners with our leaders.

Offers Employee Resource Groups

Offers team workouts

GumGum offers monthly virtual fitness classes via our GumGum Fit program.

Partners with nonprofits

GumGum partners with HomeBoy Industries, The Trevor Project, The Ali Forney Center, Sparkle, The National Transgender Community (UK), Crisis in Ukraine, etc. GirlsWhoCode, She Jumps, Black Girls Code.

Provides opportunities to volunteer in the local community

GumGum has a program called "Quarterly Causes" which focuses the power of the GumGum community on making an impact in one charitable cause each quarter including food banks, beach clean up, etc.

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

Utilizes a flexible work schedule

GumGum provides employees with a flexible work schedule that includes Flexible start and end times.

Utilizes a hybrid work model

Utilizes a summer hours schedule