IPG Mediabrands’ global media agency network UM, held its sixth global Impact Day, “Building a Better Future” on July 20, across more than 50 countries and 120 offices worldwide. The annual day of service, initially launched in 2016 under UM’s corporate social responsibility unit, Better World, demonstrates the agency’s commitment to its core values of
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IPG Mediabrands’ global media agency network UM held its sixth global impact day last Thursday across more than 50 countries and 120 offices worldwide. The event, initially launched in 2016 under UM’s corporate social responsibility unit better world, is a day dedicated to community service and care. Across Australia around 200 UM-ers worked alongside a chosen charity to give back. In
UM, a global media agency network of IPG Mediabrands, announced its sixth global Impact Day, “Building a Better Future.” The annual day of service, initially launched in 2016 under UM’s corporate social responsibility unit, Better World, demonstrates the agency’s commitment to its core values of community and care. “As we continue to focus our efforts
The parent group of the Flora brand, Upfield, has appointed UM to its global media account. UM, part of Interpublic’s IPG Mediabrands, came out on top after a competitive pitch. The incumbent was Dentsu X. The result of Upfield’s media review follows the company appointing Lucky Generals to its pan-European creative business without a pitch
UM says its “2022 momentum” included more than 150 account wins across the globe, among those were GrubHub, Pernod Ricard, New Balance, Whirlpool and Reebok. But the big news for UM Media in 2022 was the expansion of its scope for Amex to support 25 markets, expanding beyond planning and buying to global measurement, analytics,
UM has appointed new U.S. leaders under CEO W. Joe DeMiero, who took over U.S. operations of the IPG Mediabrands agency at the start of 2022. The appointments include recently hired executives Grant Ogburn as chief growth officer; Myia Thompkins as chief strategy officer; Preston Larson as chief planning officer and Brendon Volpe as chief
UM, a global media agency network of IPG Mediabrands, announced an industry-first partnership with Roku, Inc., the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico*, that will provide the agency and its sister agencies exclusive solutions to measure unrated, minority-owned networks for the first time. The deal provides planning and investment teams with
Roku and UM today announced an exclusive measurement partnership to provide the IPG Mediabrands agency with linear TV viewership data for over 35 diverse-owned media networks in the hopes it will accelerate advertiser investment. Because of limitations in panel-based measurement, such as panel size and the cost for networks to implement it, small and young
Interpublic Group of Cos. agency UM has appointed Sasha Savic global CEO, taking him back to the agency that started his advertising career in the Czech Republic in 1993. “I started with them in Eastern Europe when I had a war in the country where I’m from, so I got a chance from them to
Sasha Savic takes up the role and will report to IPG Mediabrands chief Eileen Kiernan. UM has appointed Sasha Savic as global chief executive. Savic joins from EssenceMediacom US, where he recently served as global chief innovation officer. He was the CEO of Mediacom US for nearly a decade, during which the agency reported nine
