Lamar Advertising Company remote jobs and company guide

Lamar Advertising Company traces its origins back to 1902 when Charles W. Lamar and J.M. Coe founded a small poster company in Pensacola, Florida, primarily to promote the local opera house. In a twist of fate that would shape the company's future, the partnership was dissolved in 1908 through a coin toss. Coe won the toss and chose to keep the opera house, leaving Lamar with the poster business, which he renamed the Lamar Outdoor Advertising Company.

Over the ensuing decades, the company expanded its footprint, moving its headquarters to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and shifting its focus to roadside advertising to capitalize on the growing highway system. The company went public in 1996 and later converted to a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) in 2014. Today, Lamar is one of the largest outdoor advertising companies in the world, operating over 360,000 displays across the United States and Canada, including a vast network of digital billboards, transit displays, and airport advertising formats.