WE ARE THE SIMPLICITY COMPANY. - Siegel+Gale is a global brand strategy, design and experience firm. Using facts, intuition and creativity, we blend science with art, unlocking the power of simplicity to help organizations realize their full potential.
ABOUT US - Critical Mass was founded when a design visionary and a successful entrepreneur came together with a focus on digital experiences in a rapidly evolving space. Over the next 20 years, we helped global brands reimagine digital and transform their businesses though strategic consulting, innovative creative ideas and cutting-edge technology thinking. Today, we are 950 employees across 12 global offices. Even though we’re much bigger than when we started out in Calgary, we remain true to our roots—we’re transparent, honest, passionate, and have a can-do attitude that our clients notice and appreciate. Our executive and global leadership team use an open and accessible management style to drive our success on all fronts: innovating our work and services, mentoring our talent, and ensuring we deliver of industry-leading work. We believe this is core to our success as a digital leader. We are now majority-owned (99%) by Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC). Omnicom is one of the largest holding companies for global advertising, marketing, digital and communications services firms. Their global revenue is over $15 billion, and they have more than 5,000 clients in over 100 countries.
BRINGING HUMANITY TO THE DIGITAL AGE SINCE 2000 - Tribal Worldwide is an idea agency with a passion for technology. At the heart of our positioning is a single mantra that guides everything we do: Bringing Humanity to the Digital Age. We revolt against a blind pursuit of ideas or tactics that utilize the latest technology just because it’s the latest technology. We don’t aspire to make shiny objects that are left to tarnish on the shelf because consumers never use them. We exist to connect consumers and brands in meaningful ways that drive business results. These connections are always driven by powerful ideas, and powerful ideas are always a result of insights into human nature, brand essence, business strategies, and relevant technologies. Sometimes our ideas take the form of advertising or content. Sometimes our ideas take the form of always-on platforms. And, sometimes our ideas take the form of innovations to product or service designs. Because powerful ideas must sometimes live as individual tactics, we organize our way of working into a proprietary Battle Planning process. We use these Plans to better align digital and traditional marketing strategies as well as coordinate a vast ecosystem of digital touch points and interactions in ways that achieve specific and measurable objectives. The Battle Planning process is collaborative, analytical, and practical.
THE WORK, THE WORK, THE WORK - BBDO MPLS opened its doors over 80 years ago – as the first outpost of the BBDO network, which now has over 280 offices worldwide. Since then we’ve been proud to serve as both a cornerstone and springboard for the Twin Cities advertising industry. Today our team of almost 50 produces an impressive roster of digital and traditional work for clients including 3M, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, our longstanding collaborators at Hormel Foods focusing on iconic brands such as SPAM Brand, Hormel Chili, Skippy and Dinty Moore. We specialize in behavior-changing ideas. Central to our philosophy is the belief that creativity is an economic multiplier. Business results are impacted by myriad factors, but combining great work with a great brand can push results exponentially higher than either in isolation. We start with a strategy-first, consumer-centric process built from behavioral observations and insights. Then we craft the work to ensure it is breakthrough, distinctive and motivating to change consumer behavior and drive business results
WORLDWIDE COMMUNICATIONS LEADER - Ketchum is a leading global communications firm with operations in more than 70 countries across six continents. The winner of 14 Cannes Lions and an unprecedented four PRWeek Campaign of the Year Awards, Ketchum partners with clients to deliver strategic programming, game-changing creative and measurable results that build brands and reputations.
CO-ACTIVATION POWERED BY OMNICOM - Our four equal disciplines of advertising, public relations, digital and social all report to one profit center. This equal balance means that every discipline has an equal voice, and Bright Red has the ability to truly prescribe what will work for your brand without prejudice to the solution. Our solutions are based on individual client needs, not the limitations of a traditional agency structure. It’s a model we call CO-ACTIVATION and we put it to work for clients such as Pilot Pen, Domino Sugar, Hunter Fan, Dollywood, Cooper Tire, Krystal and Cayman Islands. The benefit of working with an Omnicom agency is seamless integration with a multitude of powerful companies, generating a resounding impact as a result of the purchasing power and incredible resources available to their agency partners. Bright Red is part of the Omnicom Collective, a group of highly creative and independent minded agencies that bring unique and distinctive benefits to their clients.
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - Goodby Silverstein & Partners is a full-service advertising agency based in San Francisco. We are a creative company that puts people at the center of everything we do. We work with both clients and consumers in an atmosphere of honesty and truth, wiping away preconceptions and learning together. Our mission is to create experiences that reach millions and even billions, but seem to speak only to you. We call this effect mass intimacy. The smarter, braver work that results from this approach brings people closer to our clients’ businesses, gets them to care, and urges them to take action. Because great work is only great if it reaps results.
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - In a world full of increasing complexity and change, we embrace the inconvenient truth that humans do not make decisions logically and rationally. Businesses hate unpredictable people because they cannot calculate their behaviors. Today, clients are looking to agencies to help grow their business and growth requires getting consumers to behave predictably. Instead of following the crowd and turning human beings into data points, DDB is doubling down on creativity. We believe, and always have, that creativity is the most powerful force in business. Because creativity speaks to the emotional, not the rational, DDB places creativity at the center of everything we do. We know emotion, at scale, is the way to achieve growth, so we drive growth for our brands by giving them an Emotional Advantage—making lots of people feel the same thing at the same time—because when we successfully harness emotion, it’s possible to engage consumers on what unifies us all. We achieve this with work designed to appeal to emotion in order to achieve a rational goal. Creative that doesn’t make sense—until it does.
IMPACT TODAY'S EMPOWERED HEALTHCARE CONSUMERS - Daggerwing Health is a healthcare marketing and communications agency focused on improving health outcomes for healthcare consumers. Since 2004, Daggerwing Health has helped health and wellness clients across CPG, technology, biotech, pharma, advocacy, hospital systems, and device categories create and launch healthcare brands, drive multi-channel lead generation and acquisition, design and implement experience programs and use behavioral data to pin-point go to market strategy.
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - In a world full of increasing complexity and change, we embrace the inconvenient truth that humans do not make decisions logically and rationally. Businesses hate unpredictable people because they cannot calculate their behaviors. Today, clients are looking to agencies to help grow their business and growth requires getting consumers to behave predictably. Instead of following the crowd and turning human beings into data points, DDB is doubling down on creativity. We believe, and always have, that creativity is the most powerful force in business. Because creativity speaks to the emotional, not the rational, DDB places creativity at the center of everything we do. We know emotion, at scale, is the way to achieve growth, so we drive growth for our brands by giving them an Emotional Advantage—making lots of people feel the same thing at the same time—because when we successfully harness emotion, it’s possible to engage consumers on what unifies us all. We achieve this with work designed to appeal to emotion in order to achieve a rational goal. Creative that doesn’t make sense—until it does.
ENERGY BBDO - Based in Chicago, Energy BBDO is a lead global agency offering within BBDO Worldwide, the world's most awarded agency network for creativity and effectiveness. The BBDO mantra has always been "The Work. The Work. The Work." In the absence of great work, nothing else matters. At Energy BBDO, The Work energizes people through the unique combination of evocative storytelling and experiences. Energized people engage with The Work, like when they shared Extra's "The Story of Sarah & Juan" over a million times on Facebook in a single week, driving over 75 million views before a dime was spent on media. Or when they made Ziploc the 2nd highest engaging brand on Pinterest by turning to the brand for tips and tricks for containing life's chaos. Or when they created and shared over 14 million new potato chip flavor ideas for Lay's, resulting in a $99 million sales increase. This type of consumer energy drives a brand's business forward, leading four of our clients to win 2015 Effie Awards for creativity that drives business success.
ABOUT INNOVYX - We are an email and messaging agency that leverages best in class tools and processes to deliver game-changing outcomes. By providing our clients with consultative services, exceptional client support, data-driven processes, and flawless execution we create and deliver impactful campaigns that integrate all aspects of digital messaging to generate a greater return on investment and measurable results. We partner with our clients to provide our expertise and knowledge within the digital messaging realm. Innovative and strategic thinking allows us to work collaboratively with clients and partners to optimize and enhance the customer experience and so bring outstanding business benefit.
DISRUPTION AND MEDIA ARTS - TBWA\Chiat\Day is part of TBWA Worldwide (www.tbwa.com) and has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Nashville. TBWA is a top ten ranked global advertising network that holds Disruption® at its core to develop business-changing ideas for the brands it works with. TBWA has 11,100 employees across 323 offices in 97 countries and also includes brands such as Auditoire, BEING, Digital Arts Network (DAN), eg+ Worldwide, The Integer Group® , TBWA\Media Arts Lab and TBWA\WorldHealth. TBWA’s global clients include Accenture, adidas, Apple, Energizer, Gatorade, GSK, Henkel, Infiniti, Kraft, McDonald’s, Michelin, Nissan, Pernod Ricard, Pfizer, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Airlines, Sotheby’s and Vichy. TBWA is part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com), a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - Alcone is a leading Brand Activation agency. With 30 years of promotional marketing expertise and an in-depth knowledge of the latest technology, we conceive and execute promotional, shopper and retail marketing programs for leading brands. As activation experts, we understand what it takes to motivate consumers and shoppers beyond engagement to action. Our strategies drive trial, upsizing, building average transaction size, frequency and loyalty. And, our ideas help differentiate your brand in an ownable way. More than measuring awareness, likes, shares and tweets - we measure the success of our programs with sales. http://blog.alcone.com/
ABOUT ADAM&EVEDDB - adam&eveDDB is a unique communications company made up of people from advertising, design, digital, technical, social media and direct. We have a simple mission; to work with our client partners to make brilliant work that works. We are defined by having a highly interactive, open way of working - we have a fast-moving, fast-working and collaborative culture. We all sit together, intermingled so that we create a single family of skills to benefit our clients. Clients and the public respond powerfully to our work because we unlock the reasons why brands are loved and then create inspiring and hugely effective communications.
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - Wolff Olins is a brand and innovation firm for the future. More than your message, brand is the guiding force that informs and shapes the experiences you offer, the business models you design and the culture you inspire. In a world where what you do matters more than what you say, we build brands that create better realities, not just a nicer image. For over 40 years, Wolff Olins has provided solutions for the ever-changing role of brand. Over that time, the environment for our interaction with brands has become more complex, more sophisticated. By bringing clarity to these complex challenges, we deliver disruptive solutions and validate new opportunities for creating value across the ecosystem of your brand’s offerings, experiences, interactions and behaviors. Wolff Olins was founded in 1965 and is now part of the Omnicom Group. Clients include: AOL, Beeline, Booz & Company, GE, London 2012, Macmillan Cancer Support, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, New Museum, NYC, Oi, Orange, PepsiCo, PwC, (RED), Skype, Sony, Tate, Tata Docomo, Telenor and Unilever. We’re 150 people, ambitious for clients, and optimistic for the world.
DISRUPTIVE IDEAS THROUGH MEDIA ARTS - TBWA creates and manages brand behavior in the modern world through Disruptive Ideas brought to life across the Media Arts landscape. Our focus is not only to be the best advertising agency network but also to be one of the most creative companies in the world. And with the world, and our network, growing even more complex, it is important to have common ground. Disruption is always our starting point for any brand, global or local. Not only does it drive the strategic development of our client solutions by challenging and overturning the conventions of any marketplace; it also creates a common language and understanding across our network for the brands we lead. Defining the Disruptive Strategy, however, is only half of the equation. The other half is to make sure that we craft an idea brief from the right perspectives and engage the right disciplines so that we make full use of the Media Arts landscape. Every agency in the TBWA network is fluent in Disruption and Media Arts. It means that we are all constantly evaluating and documenting the shifts in the media landscape and their impact on audience behavior. And it is this commitment that allows us to serve global brands differently than our competition. TBWA is ranked as a top-10 worldwide advertising agency and was recognized by Advertising Age in 2010 as the “Best International Network of the Decade.” Fast Company magazine placed TBWA 24th on its 2009 list of “The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies” and as an Innovation All-Star in 2010.
WHO WE ARE - We are a communications agency obsessed with our clients’ success. Great simply isn’t good enough for us. We create connections that count, turning brands’ audiences into activists and stakeholders into strategic partners. We are clever storytellers that help companies find their voice and make it heard. We knock the norm with every aspect of communications, creating custom-designed campaigns that impact and inspire. For more than 20 years we’ve built trusted partnerships with companies who seek to stand apart — from global brand names to emerging growth companies and start-ups. Our obsession extends to our staff. We are committed to every employee’s career growth, continually learning and living in the crossroads of the latest technologies, smarter data and passion for the craft, adding cultural and business savvy that set our staff a cut above the rest. We believe in teamwork and collaboration — the us before the me. And hey, we have fun.
RETAIL AND SHOPPER MARKETING LEADER - The Integer Group is one of the world's largest promotional, retail, and shopper marketing agencies. Integer lives at the Intersection of Branding and Selling® and creates strategic marketing solutions for clients.
ABOUT US - We use data to connect brands with customers and drive profitable behaviors. Contact us when you want the confidence that comes from customer relationship marketing designed to improve performance and mitigate risk.
MARINA MAHER COMMUNICATIONS - MMC is a next generation communications agency founded over 35 years ago, with marketing to women in our DNA. We are communication innovators who use the power of culture to grow and protect brands. At the same time, we are “Artfully Persuasive,” pioneering data in ways that unlock the power of influence. Our approach is unique and agile, allowing us to find and create the stories, content, and conversations that drive sales for all types of brands and companies. MMC has always been quietly ahead of the curve. How? We do more than just talk. We ACT. We’ve redefined what it means to be a communications agency inside and out, breaking down the boundaries of what communications can deliver. Over the last few years, MMC has been evolving: transforming the agency by leveraging the best of our PR heritage and pairing it with next generation offerings. We are different than our peers where it matters the most: in talent and organizational structure and in our approach to solving clients’ business challenges.
THE LEADING BRAND CONSULTANCY - At Interbrand, we believe that growth is achieved when an organization has a clear strategy and delivers exceptional customer experiences. We do both, through a combination of strategy, creativity, and technology that helps drive growth for our clients’ brands and businesses. With a network of 24 offices in 17 countries, Interbrand is a global brand consultancy, and publisher of the highly influential annual Best Global Brands and Breakthrough Brands reports, and Webby Award-winning brandchannel. Interbrand is part of the Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE:OMC) network of agencies. For more information, please contact us, or follow Interbrand on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
ABOUT US - Doremus is the B2B specialist of the Omnicom Group. Nobody understands the complexity of B2B audiences and their community ecosystems as well as Doremus—and how to start conversations that drive demand. We connect people, cultures and businesses. Telling great stories with data-driven insights, we connect the dots, making people think, feel and act and have been doing so since 1903. With offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Frankfurt, Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, we are a full-service, global agency wired to challenge the status quo—delivering state-of-the-art capabilities and cross-disciplinary thinking that not only positions clients but depositions the competition.
ABOUT CLM BBDO - CLM BBDO is an international advertising agency based in Paris. It is part of BBDO Worldwide has been named the "Most Awarded Agency Network in the World" by The Gunn Report for 5 consecutive years beginning 2005. It has also won the "Network of the Year" title at the Cannes Lions for half a decade. CLM BBDO has been recognised the most creative French agency in 2012 (Club des AD) and was the most awarded French agency at Eurobest in 2012. We are always happy to hear from bright talents in the creative and advertising worlds, so if you're curious like us, do get in touch...
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - Part of the global BBDO network, IMPACT BBDO is a leading regional communications group operating across the Middle East and North Africa region for more than 40 years. Established in the region in 1971 by Alain Khouri, IMPACT BBDO offers comprehensive and integrated communication solutions, covering the region from Algeria to Pakistan, to a wide and prestigious base of global, regional and local clients. IMPACT BBDO prides itself on contributing to BBDO's worldwide creative reputation and has consistently been highly ranked in regional competitions. The group employs more than 1,000 people delivering comprehensive communication solutions.
ABOUT DDB BUDAPEST - Where We Come From In 1949, three enterprising gentlemen, Bill Bernbach, Ned Doyle and Maxwell Dane gave the advertising industry a wake-up call. They introduced a new approach to marketing that relied on insight into human nature, respect for the consumer, and the power of creativity. In short, they said: Let’s stop talking at people and instead start conversations that lead to action and mutual benefit. This heritage tells us who we are, what we believe and how we should behave. It inspires us to continually challenge standard convention. From Bill Bernbach to Keith Reinhard to the present generation of DDB leaders, we continue the revolution. Ideas are the fuel of DDB. Throughout our evolution we have been guided by a series of relevant and related ideas: Creativity Is The Most Powerful Force In Business DDB’s pursues collaborative relationships with clients and partners to find the hidden potential of people, brands and business through creativity. Insight into Human Nature We believe that great ideas come from keen insights and one good idea can propel a brand for years. Respect for the Customer DDB has long led the way by recognizing that brands are in the hands of consumers, not brand managers. Nothing is more important and relevant today. Respect for Our World
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - Welcome to PHD. We launched as the first planning-led media agency in the UK in 1990 and today we have over 4,000 people in over 80 offices worldwide. Our agency has been built on a culture of smart strategic thinking, creativity and innovation that delivers effective solutions for the business needs of our diverse client base of local, national and international clients. Driven by our philosophy of ‘finding a better way’, we are renowned for being one of the most forward-thinking media agencies, by challenging convention and breaking new ground in communications thinking. PHD is today one of the most acclaimed media and communication agency networks. We were named Media Network of the Year 2015 by Campaign magazine and our offices around the world are recognised too – from our founding office in the UK being named a Sunday Times ‘Best Company to work for’ for the past 3 years, through to over 50 Agency of the Year awards across the network in the same period. The PHD network is part of the Omnicom Media Group (www.omnicommediagroup.com), a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC)
ABOUT ELEMENT - Element 79 is a streamlined, highly efficient advertising agency that creates business building brand idea platforms for its clients. Specializing in executing these ideas in both the digital/online arena and via traditional media, Element 79 is fully committed to helping its clients win by providing better creative solutions in a simpler, faster fashion.
ABOUT DDB OSLO A.S. - DDB Oslo is an advertising agency that lives by creating great ideas that have impact for the target group we are going now. We create campaigns in all media, be it digital platforms, television, radio, outdoor, mobile, social media, last paragraph, outdoor or direct mail. For us, not the channel selection is essential - it's the idea that is fundamental to communication and advertising works. Channel selection is all about reaching your target audience most effectively. Curious? Call us...
ABOUT US - We believe in the power of human potential. We believe that ideas, backed with intelligence, strategy and data are the most powerful force on the planet. Together, those ideas transform cultures, they transform business and they transform lives. And when you’re partnering with one of the most culturally influential brands on the planet, anything is possible.
WHY WE'RE UNIQUE - SpikeDDB, a joint partnership between filmmaker Spike Lee and Omnicom Group's DDB Worldwide, opened its doors in 1997. Now headquartered in the creatively burgeoning D.U.M.B.O. area of Brooklyn, the agency focuses on fully integrated communications targeted at trendsetter, transcultural and millennial audiences. Its mission is to help evolve brands by activating their cultural connections. SpikeDDB has a range of clients including General Motors' largest automaker, Chevrolet and Cadillac the nations fastest growing luxury brand. More information can be found at www.spikeddb.com.
