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GroupM
WPP plc is a British multinational communications, advertising, public relations, technology, and commerce holding company headquartered in London, England. It was the world's largest advertising company, as of 2019. WPP plc owns many companies, which includes advertising, public relations, media, and market research networks such as AKQA, BCW, CMI Media Group, Essence Global, Finsbury, Grey, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Mindshare, Ogilvy, Wavemaker, Wunderman Thompson, and VMLY&R. It is one of the "Big Four" agency companies, alongside Publicis, Interpublic Group of Companies, and Omnicom. WPP has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. On 14 April 2018, Martin Sorrell retired 33 years after founding the company. Roberto Quarta is chairman. Mark Read is CEO. History The company was founded as Wire and Plastic Products plc to manufacture wire shopping baskets in 1971. In 1985 Martin Sorrell and Preston Rabl, sear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essence Global
Essence is a global data and measurement-driven full service agency. The agency has 20 offices in 12 countries and a staff of approximately 1,900. Essence manages over $4B in annualized media spend globally, with clients such as Google, The Financial Times, Target, NBCUniversal, BP, FrieslandCampina, L’Oreal and Tesco Mobile. In 2015 Essence became majority owned by WPP, and a part of GroupM, the WPP media investment management operation. Essence specializes in strategy, digital marketing, digital creative, media planning and buying, mobile advertising and analytics. Kyoko Matsushita has taken over from Christian Juhl as CEO from 1 October 2019, Juhl has moved to be CEO of GroupM. Corporate history Essence was founded by Matt Isaacs, Andrew Shebbeare and Andy Bonsall who previously worked together at Accucard, a credit-card company backed by LloydsTSB, where they developed an in-house digital marketing arm called Creative Services. In 2005 they created their own digital agen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MEC (media Agency)
Wavemaker (previously MEC and Maxus) is the second largest media agency network in the world , with domestic and international clients such as Vodafone, L'Oréal, IKEA, Paramount Pictures, Chanel, GE, Xerox, Colgate-Palmolive, Chevron, Beiersdorf, Tiffany, Huawei, and Mondelēz International. Wavemaker has global billings of over US$38 billion and it is part of GroupM and WPP plc. Corporate history Previously known as MEC the agency was launched in January 2002 following WPP's acquisition of CIA's parent company, Tempus Group. The global media agency network was formed through the merger of The Media Edge and CIA, bringing together CIA's 57 offices across 28 countries and The Media Edge's 103 offices 78 countries to form one global group. In 2010, the agency officially changed its name from Mediaedge:cia to MEC, something it has informally been referred to for years. In October 2015, MEC was named an "Agency of the Year" finalist among large agencies in the 2015 iMedia Agency Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wavemaker (media Agency)
Wavemaker (previously MEC and Maxus) is the second largest media agency network in the world , with domestic and international clients such as Vodafone, L'Oréal, IKEA, Paramount Pictures, Chanel, GE, Xerox, Colgate-Palmolive, Chevron, Beiersdorf, Tiffany, Huawei, and Mondelēz International. Wavemaker has global billings of over US$38 billion and it is part of GroupM and WPP plc. Corporate history Previously known as MEC the agency was launched in January 2002 following WPP's acquisition of CIA's parent company, Tempus Group. The global media agency network was formed through the merger of The Media Edge and CIA, bringing together CIA's 57 offices across 28 countries and The Media Edge's 103 offices 78 countries to form one global group. In 2010, the agency officially changed its name from Mediaedge:cia to MEC, something it has informally been referred to for years. In October 2015, MEC was named an "Agency of the Year" finalist among large agencies in the 2015 iMedia Agency ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |