COME TOGETHER. STAND APART. - At Carmichael Lynch Relate, we believe that when the best of strategy and creative work together, brands stand apart. Using this philosophy, we've built and reinvigorated some of the most beloved and iconic brands in the world. In the end, our clients transcend their competition to become not only successful, but a part of American pop culture. We have built our company and all its processes on a model of cooperation between interdependent capabilities. This allows us to provide our clients with the kind of seamless collaboration they need, and they consistently tell us our approach is both unique and refreshing. As a midsize PR agency, we have deep enough resources to provide best-in-class public relations services while remaining nimble and responsive to client needs. Carmichael Lynch Relate’s services include the right combination of critical, longstanding public relations services such as earned media relations, brand journalism, reputation management and crisis/issues management, as well as integrated offerings such as content creation, social channel strategy, influencer analytics and engagement, creative development, paid media and digital strategy. And throughout our history, we’ve been recognized for our work with numerous top industry awards, including PRWeek, PRSA Silver Anvils and SABRE Awards. In 2021, we were named by Forbes as one of America’s Best PR Agencies and in 2023, our work earned Campaign of the Year by PRWeek and recognized with a Global SABRE, a designation achieved by the top 40 campaigns in the world. Carmichael Lynch Relate is a stand-alone agency that celebrates our adjacency to advertising powerhouse Carmichael Lynch. Our two agencies can snap together to provide a fully-integrated solution as needed. This collaboration offers clients a holistic, cross-discipline perspective on their businesses, taking into account paid, owned and earned strategies to deliver maximum results.
AXIS IS A MINORITY-OWNED FULL-SERVICE MULTICULTURAL MARKETING AGENCY AT THE INTERSECTION OF BRAND AND DIVERSITY. - We are a minority-owned and managed, full-service marketing and communications agency specializing in engaging the new American consumer. We have over 15 years of experience delivering multicultural marketing solutions. We offer marketing, advertising, and public relations across the areas of strategy, paid and earned media, creative, and consumer and influencer engagement. Axis puts culture at the core of content-driven, omni-channel marketing campaigns for leading brands looking to engage the Multicultural Market. Our philosophy is rooted in driving engagement at the intersection of brand + diversity. As America becomes more diverse and cultures and identities blend traditional marketing and demographic-based targeting have become obsolete. Axis’ omi-cultural approach helps brands, institutions and governments uncover universal insights that allow for the personalization of campaigns across culture, language, and lifestyle. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Axis also has an office in Miami. Founded in 2005, Axis is a part of the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE: IPG) and ranked by Advertising Age as one of the Top 25 Hispanic Advertising Agencies in the U.S. Axis is certified by the National Minority Supplier Development Council as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE). For more information, visit www.theaxisagency.com.
CHICAGO | SAINT LOUIS | SAN FRANCISCO - New Honor Society helps brands behave less like brands and more like people, so that their marketing becomes a demonstration of who they are, not just what they sell. Brands that behave like people can connect, engage and relate more authentically with audiences, creating long term brand advocates, not just short-term sales. Think of it as Less Sell, More Soul. Because we are part of the Interpublic Group of Companies network, clients benefit from the nimble, boundary-pushing creativity of a boutique agency, but with the strategic sophistication and global reach of a holding company. as it is for your bottom line. And because we are part of the Interpublic Group of Companies network, clients benefit from the nimble, boundary-pushing creativity of a boutique agency, with the strategic sophistication and global reach of a holding company.
HAVE YOU NOTICED? - The world isn’t slowing down. The pace of change has never been greater. Brands adapt or get left behind. The smart marketers reassess, reinvent, revisit. Not just to create advertising at the speed of culture. But to flip change into opportunity. Who are the people they need by their side? The people who never settle, always thinking, always moving. Forever burning fierce and bright. The people who won’t just answer a brief. But challenge and push to lodge brands deeper in the hearts of consumers. An alchemy of science and creativity that is always on. Turning dynamism into dynamite. We are McCann Demand. We are… For The Restless.
ABOUT HILL HOLLIDAY - At Hill Holliday, we help our clients fight the daily share battle with ideas that win. By swinging hard and fighting smart, we stay laser-focused on the most important part of the equation: the idea. Nothing beats a good one. And every day we come to work and think more of them into existence to help our clients dominate the noisiest of categories. They’re ideas based on hard-won consumer and cultural insights. Ideas that move people emotionally and have teeth. Ideas, in other words, that win.
HELP GROW BRANDS BY TAKING THE INITIATIVE IN CULTURE - Initiative is a global communications network that is a part of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG). Our promise is simple, to help grow brands by taking the Initiative in culture. We are able to achieve this by driving Cultural VelocityTM – understanding cultural signals in society and the cultural values of consumers to make those relevant in communications. We approach media knowing that advertising avoidance behaviors are accelerating, new technologies are emerging, and paid media effectiveness is deteriorating. We no longer simply distribute ads through media, we are increasingly distributing content, conversations and experiences and these don’t live in media, they are diffused in culture. So instead of chasing reach, we build audience connections by being as relevant as possible. Initiative employs more than 4000 dynamic colleagues in 90 countries managing approximately $38 billion in billings annually. Initiative’s comprehensive range of communications services include: consumer insight and strategy, analytics, media planning and buying, digital communications, branded content creation, evaluation and accountability services and social media strategy and community management.
ABOUT US - Fireart Studio is a UI/UX design and software development company driven by excellence and oriented to the client's success. We build elegant digital products that help brands shine out through each user interaction. We do not only create a beautiful design and software, but we also take time to understand your business. We take seeds and grow the jungle of engaging user-technology interactions. Our team has valuable experience in serving global brands with the highest requirements, such as Google, Rolls-Royce, MyTaxi, Atlassian, Pipedrive, Swisscom, Huawei, Bolt, and others. Fireart has entered the number of the Top 10 Teams around the world, according to Dribbble ranking https://dribbble.com/Fireart-d. We excel in different fields of design and development. The Studio has been ranked as the Top Graphic Design Company, UX Design Team, and Web Development Firm by Clutch.
WE BELIEVE IN STORIES - twofifteenmccann is a great big little agency. A tiny building in an alley, filled with storytellers and backed by the might and reach of a global network. Storytellers making amazing stories for amazing companies. Stories that make people feel, that make them believe and that make brands famous. We tell stories because we love stories. But mostly, we tell them because they work.
MAKE SOMETHING YOU LOVE - Huge is a global collective of designers, technologists and strategists. We help companies become trusted parts of people’s lives by creating products, services, and brands that people love. We were the first agency to be founded on the idea that the principles of user experience should drive not just design, but business and marketing as well. We’re known for finding new ways to harmonize the things clients need with what users really want in order to create experiences that change industries. We work with companies who are as committed to shaping culture and defining the future as we are. We specialize in helping clients overcome barriers to innovation and get to market quickly with the right product, campaign or initiative for their business. Headquartered in Brooklyn, we currently have more than 1,200 employees working across 12 offices in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
R/GA IS THE COMPANY THAT CREATES TRANSFORMATION AT SPEED - R/GA is the company that creates transformation at speed. An innovation leader for more than 40 years, R/GA has expanded and evolved to offer business transformation, experience transformation, and marketing transformation through its award-winning consulting, ventures, technology, design, marketing communications, and IP practices. Its work spans web, mobile, and social communications, retail and e-commerce, product innovation, brand development, and innovation consulting. The company has more than 2,000 employees globally with 18 offices across the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia-Pacific. R/GA is part of The Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG), one of the world’s largest advertising and marketing services organizations. For more information about R/GA, please visit www.rga.com.
ABOUT US - At Advantage, We Make Brands Happen. We do it in 4 different ways: By tapping into consumer passions for sports, entertainment and causes. By telling compelling stories. By creating lasting memories. By designing experiences that move consumers to action. And, we do all this through an “Art and Science” approach that includes a world-class creative team and a research-fueled account team led by industry veterans.
COME TOGETHER. STAND APART. - Come together, stand apart. That’s our how and our why, neatly wrapped up so we never lose sight of what we’re here to do every day: come together with the best people from every discipline to make the very best brand-building, culture-bending, business-altering work for our partners. We’re fortunate to have the best of all disciplines here at Carmichael Lynch, from creative to PR, strategy to media, analytics and production, as well as a remarkable on-premise content studio. Whether a challenge is big or small, requires long-term planning or newsroom agility, those levers are at the ready. It’s also how we work with our partners: together. We’re not big on dramatic work reveals here. We’ve found time and time again that working in tandem has led to better results, more surprising work, and a deeper understanding of what to do next. All of which is in service of helping you and your brand stand apart. All the integration in the world is moot if it gets lost in a sea of sameness. Our brand partners are known to stand out from their competition, stand out from their categories, and maybe — most importantly — stand out in the hearts and minds of their audience and consumers. By doing so, they’re able to be not just observers of culture, but authors of it, too
THE UNLIMITED PARTNERSHIP - We are Icon Creators. We search for a brand’s deeper meaning. Beyond its architecture, beyond its DNA, We find its real relationship with the world, Its purpose within present-day culture, And create greater, longer-lasting connections with the consumer. We go beyond function, beyond emotion. We create ideas that people want to believe in. Ultimately, these brands become shorthand For those bigger ideas, those deeper meanings. They become iconic. We do this for those brands Who are willing to think differently. They are the pioneers. The challengers. The innovators. The believers. This is our mission. These are our ideals. This is our story.
ABOUT MARTIN AGENCY - We are a full-service agency with unified capabilities in advertising, strategic planning, direct response, digital, data analytics, design and branded content. We are over 500 employees from 23 countries. We are creatives, UX planners and number crunchers. We are mustaches, fixed gear bikes and cardigans. But we are also Jeeps, top 40 lists and the occasional selfie. Our strength lies not in a type of account, category or even a style of work. Our strength is our ability to help brands find and tap into new energy. Energy that fuels growth, powers big ideas and breathes new life into the relationship between the brand and consumers. And from OREO to Walmart, UPS to GEICO, we’ve created new energy for brands across industries. We pride ourselves on creating and living by a culture of good and tough. We’re good to each other and tough on the work. Good means respect, joy, love. Tough means pushing, reaching and never settling. There are lots of companies that are good, and there are some that are just plain tough. We are one of the few that are both.
ABOUT US - People are no longer satisfied with simply "hearing" a brand's message; now it's the actual experiences we have with a brand that define its relevance—emotionally, socially and when it's time to buy. That's why Momentum Worldwide helps brands imagine, create, curate and manage their Total Brand Experience. From the screens you watch, to the registers you pay at, to your Facebook, to your actual conversations, to the concerts you go to, we put brands there in a way that’s different and entertaining. We integrate sponsorship, shopper, design, technology, social, promotions, PR, digital and entertainment and more – in a total brand experience for the modern consumer. Quite simply, our job is to help brands flourish – and we do this as one global agency (within the IPG family of agencies) with more than 30 offices around the world – all of us working together, eager to invent, challenge the norm and set the world on fire. To make that possible, we hire people who are ravenous for ingenuity and impatient with the status quo. We like good people, and we like really thrilling people. When those two things come together it’s a talent experience for the books. The biggest asset we have is our talent, and we take that seriously. Part of the IPG agency network, we have over 30 offices on six continents with more than 2,000 amazingly talented people in our family working together. And, it’s kind of awesome to be a part of a company working with some incredible brands, including American Express, Coca-Cola, Mondelez, Microsoft, Walmart, William Grant & Sons and more. Why not join us? You could be a member of a growing team of people who love to imagine, concept, create, sculpt, sing, emote and dream in the interests of our clients and communities. We think it’s a special kind of calling. You should answer.
ABOUT UM - UM believes that better science and better art deliver better outcomes to our clients in the media moments that matter most. We are a creative media agency, committed to blurring the lines between media and creativity, between data and content, between science and art. A global media network in IPG Mediabrands, UM operates in over 100 countries, with 4,800 people innovating on a roster of clients including Johnson & Johnson, Coca-Cola, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, The Hershey Company, CVS Health, ExxonMobil, BMW and Sony.
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - FP7 Cairo is part of McCann Worldgroup, the world's largest advertising network, with a vast Client portfolio, far reaching to cover businesses across all sectors. Established in Beirut in 1968, it is the largest network in the Middle East and North Africa, with over 1,250 employees in most countries across the Region. FP7 Cairo started operations in the 1990's, then it was revamped under a new Management set up in January 2001. By 2004, FP7 Cairo managed to become one of the top 3 multinational agencies in the country.
ENGAGING, ALWAYS. - Weber Shandwick is a leading global public relations agency. The firm’s success is built on its deep commitment to client service, our people, creativity, collaboration and harnessing the power of Advocates - engaging stakeholders in new and creative ways to build brands and reputation. In 2010, Weber Shandwick was named Global Agency of the Year by The Holmes Report for the second year in a row, an ‘Agency of the Decade’ by Advertising Age, Large PR Agency of the Year by Bulldog Reporter, a Digital Firm of the Year by PR News, and Top Corporate Responsibility Advisory Firm by CR Magazine. The firm has also won numerous ‘best place to work’ awards around the world.
MANAGED IT SERVICE PROVIDER - Globtier from the day of its establishment in 2005, is providing small, midsize and startup enterprises with advanced IT solutions and uplifting their business performance with innovative workflow. Over the years, we have established a track record of providing cost-effective managed IT services, software development, staffing solutions and back office administration services to the global companies through our offices in The USA, INDIA & UAE.
GLOBAL BRAND EXPERIENCE AGENCY - Jack Morton Worldwide is an award-winning global brand experience agency. We believe brands need extraordinary ideas that create emotional connections, fuel conversations and deliver business results. For more than 75 years, we have brought brands to life through event marketing, promotional marketing, sponsorship marketing, digital, social and mobile, content marketing, and employee engagement. Jack Morton is part of the Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE: IPG).
A DIGITAL AGENCY BUILT FOR THE AGE OF ENGAGEMENT - An engaged consumer is the most powerful force in the economy. We help brands create engagement strategies that lead to big ideas and live seamlessly across digital channels—web, social, mobile, and experiential. This is the age of engagement. Is your brand ready? Genuine is a full service digital agency that delivers digital strategy and innovation in the form of experiences that exist across digital divides - web, mobile, social media and live activations. Recognized as one of the fastest growing strategic digital agencies in the US by Inc. Magazine and one of the Best Places to Work in 2012 by the Boston Globe, Genuine takes a refreshing approach to strategy and ideation born from our core belief that "innovation comes from everywhere." Employees - The Best Digital Minds The success of the agency is the direct result of the caliber of digital strategists, planners, inventors, analysts and technologists in house in our Boston headquarters. Out new agency model - was designed from within to appeal to this new breed of digital thought leader who is passionate about achieving client business goals using cutting edge technology and creative solutions. [Not to mention free lunch for all, everyday!]
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - MullenLowe Group is a creatively driven integrated marketing communications network with a strong entrepreneurial heritage and challenger mentality. We are a global creative boutique of distinctive diverse agencies, rich in local culture with both intimacy and scale, present in more than 65 markets with over 90 agencies. With an integrated, hyperbundled operating model global specialisms include expertise in brand strategy, creative content development, performance analytics, and through the line advertising with MullenLowe, full service, integrated digital marketing with MullenLowe Profero, media and communications planning and buying with MullenLowe Mediahub, and strategic activation and shopper marketing with MullenLowe Open. We are consistently ranked among the most awarded creative and effective agency networks in the world, and have topped the Effie Index as the most effective global network in terms of points per dollar revenue for the past 6 consecutive years.
EXPERTS IN POPULAR CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT - If you are in search of an agency partner to create ideas that inspire consumers and give your company cultural relevance, then we are the firm for you. With 30+ years spent studying consumer behavior, we've created a ‘science’ to popular culture which powers our creativity. We specialize in enhancing a client's relationships with consumers, fans and communities through popular culture's most influential vertical - Entertainment. We are pioneers in the strategic development and use of non-traditional marketing solutions. With more than 300 employees spanning offices in Los Angeles, New York and London, we engage with clients across a wide range of services, including public relations, event marketing, experiential marketing strategies, celebrity/influencer marketing, product integration, sponsorship, digital, content creation and brand consultation.
WE'RE BUILDING THE NEVERBEFORE. - Deutsch is an advertising, digital and design agency known for its award-winning creative campaigns. We are a group of innovators, creators, dreamers, thinkers, doers and partners - all in service of building the #NeverBefore. Yeah, it’s a made-up word but regular words just didn’t cut it anymore. It’s what we’re seeking for each and every client, project and challenge. It’s what ambitious clients such as Reebok and Budweiser have chosen to help us build. Deutsch has been named one of the most innovative companies in advertising by Fast Company and has regularly appeared on Advertising Age’s Agency A-List. We’re a creative agency building the most ambitious brands of our time, taking the competition by surprise (and racking up results to show for it), but we’re also so much more. For more information, visit Deutsch.com
ABOUT MCCANN NEW YORK - Since its launch a century ago as one of the advertising world’s major agencies, McCann New York has played a pivotal industry role in defining how to understand and motivate consumers in an ever-changing communications environment. At McCann, this energy and expertise began on day one. When starting the agency, Harrison King McCann and his team declared that their point of difference would be a Truth Well Told philosophy that inextricably linked the deep truths of consumer insight with the stimulating excitement of well-expressed advertising. Truth Well Told was, and remains, a results-focused approach for uniting strategy and creativity.
ABOUT US - MullenLowe U.S. is a unit of MullenLowe Group, a creatively driven global network of distinctive agencies in more than 65 markets worldwide. MullenLowe U.S. is a “hyperbundled” agency, integrating disciplines from brand strategy to creative, digital marketing, media planning and buying, mobile marketing, public relations and social influence, design, CRM and performance analytics. MullenLowe U.S. specializes in working with thought-leader brands, including Acura, American Greetings, BET, CSX, E*TRADE, Hyatt, JetBlue, Patrón, Royal Caribbean and U.S. Cellular. The agency has been recognized as a Fast Company Most Innovative Company and a 3x Advertising Age A-List Agency. MullenLowe U.S. has offices in Boston, NYC, LA and Winston-Salem, NC. MullenLowe U.S. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Interpublic Group (NYSE:IPG). For more on MullenLowe U.S., please visit mullenloweus.com, twitter.com/mullenloweus or facebook.com/mullenloweus.
PERFORMANCE LED COMMUNICATIONS - Initiative is a performance-led media communications company. Initiative believes that all marketing should be performance-driven. Data, analytics, insight and innovation are central to all our services, and we hold ourselves fully accountable to client business goals. This commitment to performance is at the heart of Initiative's unique process and culture. Owned by the Interpublic Group, Initiative is part of media management group Mediabrands and a partner of Magna, IPG’s centralized media negotiation entity. Initiative employs more than 2500 talented professionals, working in 91 offices across 70 markets, worldwide. Initiative’s comprehensive range of performance-led communications services include: research and insight, media planning and buying, digital communications solutions, content creation, and evaluation and accountability services. Specialties Media Services, Communications Planning, Interactive, Digital, Market Research, Consulting, Sports & Entertainment
ABOUT MCCANN LONDON - Inside the Art Deco ex-car park we call home, you’ll find a creative communications agency with the spirit and passion of a boutique and the rock-like support and resources of the world’s biggest advertising network. Since we opened our doors for business in 1927, we’ve made it our mission to help brands discover their true story and communicate it in the most impactful and engaging way possible. We call this 'Truth Well Told'. Why? Because we’ve come to know that when a Truth is Well Told, it has the ability to move the market in your favour. In our era of transparency, consumer control and media fragmentation, 'Truth Well Told' has never been more relevant.
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - McCann Erickson has long been recognized as a leading advertising agency, both as the world’s largest collaborative agency network and as a strategically creative brand-builder within each of the more than 120 countries in which it handles a wide range of local and international brands. McCann Erickson (www.mccann.com) is the founding unit of McCann Worldgroup, part of the Interpublic Group of Companies (NYSE:IPG). McCann Worldgroup is a leading global marketing company with 23,000 employees comprising McCann Erickson (advertising), MRM (digital marketing/relationship management), Momentum (event marketing/promotion), McCann Health (professional/dtc communications), CRAFT (global adaptation and production), UM (media management), Weber Shandwick (public relations) and FutureBrand (consulting/design).
WE ARE A PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANCY - At FutureBrand Speck, we offer Insights & Experience Strategy, Engineering, Product Design, Environment Design, Experience Design, and our Startup Station to create engaging and emotionally connected experiences. As the product and innovation team within FutureBrand, our approach is brand-driven and human-centered. From developing end-to-end product experiences to examining single tactical product aspects, we fuse technology and culture design in the service of brand value and consumer identity for our clients.
INSPIRES, ENERGIZES, AND INNOVATES - Innovations_Digital is a digital focused specialized influence agency that aims to innovate, inspire and energize brand conversations, engagements and experiences. We were born digital. Unlike many large agencies who are busy today trying to absorb digital into their service spectrum (and probably making a hash of it), we were always ‘digital’ from the word go. Way back in 2005. But just because we are focused on digital, does not mean we’re not ‘analog’ friendly – we do it all. From brand identity development down to print and broadcast, advocacy and PR (with of course an e-PR angle), and media planning and strategy with our partners and sister agencies. yes, we have lots of sisters. And a couple of brothers too. We work across the region in the Middle East via several satellite offices and group agency relationships. While we have a strong team here in Dubai, our model is based on a unique concept called ‘smartsourcing’ – where we either work with our internationally aligned design and development partnerships, or resource some of the best talent and development/delivery facilities globally. Either way, we are able to find leading edge, world standard digital solutions for our clients.
ABOUT UNIVERSAL MCCANN GMBH - UM (www.umww.com) is a global media agency that fuses curiosity and creativity to unlock competitive advantage for brands through media. Our philosophy of curiosity is driven by the power of story-telling fueled by intelligence, insights and ideas. A division of IPG Mediabrands, UM has more than 130 offices in 100 countries and over 4,800 employees committed to developing creative, strategic and customized campaigns for every client. Ranked as the most creative media agency by AdNews in 2012, UM also was recognized for leadership in advanced analytics by Media Magazine. UM’s list of clients includes Brown-Forman, Chrysler, Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Heinz, Hershey’s, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oreal Paris, and Sony. In 2012, UM’s new business global wins and retention received a grade A from RECMA.