His first job in advertising was at the Salt Lake City Tribune in 1909; in 1910, he joined Lord & Thomas, and in 1913, he was hired by Procter & Gamble to manage advertising for Crisco.
[1] In 1918, he worked at the Armstrong agency in Chicago, where he shared an office with Raymond Rubicam.
[4] In 1923, Rubicam was denied a promotion to partner, and he and Young left Ayer to found their own agency.
[7] In 1940, Young worked for Wendell Willkie's unsuccessful presidential campaign.
Young was the great-grandfather of director and producer Cynthia Wade.