“Where Can I Go?”

Do you have an agency that you want to work for? There are hundreds of advertising agencies just within US and too many around the world. Then, we have large agencies that have world-wide locations and sometimes confuses us with modified agency names. Finding an agency that you want to work at CAN be overwhelming, so let’s go over one by one, one agency at a time, starting with the “big” agencies.

J. Walter Thompson

JWT is fourth biggest advertising agencies in the world. Headquarter is in New York City, and has over 200 offices in 90 countries.

Holding company: WPP Group

OFFICE LOCATIONS:

North America: Casa Miami, Minneapolis, San Diego, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver

Latin America: Sao Paulo, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curitiba, El Salvador, Lima, Mexico City, Puerto Rico

Asia Pacific: Almaty, Ulan Bator, Mumbai, Singapore, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Chennai, Colombo, Delhi, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Japan, Kolkata, Korea, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Melbourne, Hyderabad, Moscow, Mumbai, New Zealand, Pakistan, Perth, Shanghai, Sydney, Taipei, Vietnam, Nepal

Europe, Middle East & Africa: Manchester, Helsinki, Uzbekistan, Dublin, Frankfurt, Reading, Sofia, Zürich, Amsterdam, Bahrain, Barcelona, Beirut, Budapest, Cairo, Cape Town, Casablanca, Vienna, Damascus, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Israel, Italy, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kenya, Kuwait, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Paris, Prague, Beirut, Riyadh, Tunis, Ukraine, Warsaw, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Tbilisi, Armenia, Stuttgart, Lithuania, Riga, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Skopje, Zagreb, Athens

Other: Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Belarus, Republic of Moldova

NY CLIENTS: Smirnoff, Energizer,/Schick, Estee Lauder, Johnson&Johnson, Kleenex, Macy’s, Skinny Cow, Drumstick, Rolex, HSBC, etc.

McCann Erickson

McCann is a global advertising agency with offices in 120 different countries/cities. McCann is part of McCann Worldgroup, which includes Universal McCann, MRM Worldwide, Momentum Worldwide, McCann Healthcare Worldwide, and Weber Shandwick.

Holding Company: Interpublic Group

* Remember the MasterCard TV ad? “There are some things money can’t buy” Its from McCann.

Belief: “Truth Well Told” Every great brand is founded on a powerful truth. We turn brand truths into business transformations.

OFFICE LOCATIONS:

North America: Detroit, Guatemala City, Kingston, Los Angeles, Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Managua, Miami, New York, Panama, Port-of-Spain, Puerto Rico, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, San Pedro Sula, San Salvador, Santo Domingo

South America: Asuncion, Bogota, Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, La Paz, Lima, Mexico City, Montevideo, Quito, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, Sao Paolo

Asia Pacific: Almaty, Amman, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Chennai, Dhaka, Guangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Manama, Manila, Melbourne, Mumbai, New Delhi, Nicosia, Osaka, Qatar, Riyadh, Safat, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sydney, Taipei, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Uzbekistan

Europe and Middle East: Abu Dhabi, Algiers, Amstelveen, Athens, Baku, Barcelona, Belgrade, Berlin, Birmingham, Bristol, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dubai, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Estonia, Frankfurt, Geneva, Helsinki, Istanbul, Jeddah, Kyiv, Latvia, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Madrid, Malmo, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munchen, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Stockholm, Tbilisi, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw, Yerevan, Zagreb

Africa: Abidjan, Blantyre, Casablanca, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Douala, Egypt, Gaborone, Johannesburg, Kampala, Lagos, Luanda, Lusaka, Maputo, Nairobi, Osu, Port Louis, Ruwi, Tunis, Zambia, Zimbabwe

NY CLIENTS: AMR, IKEA Jose Cuervo, USPS, Coca-Cola, General Mills, Kohl’s, L’Oreal, MasterCard, Dentyne, Nestle, Nikon, Pfizer, Staples, US Army, Verizon, Acuvue, WeightWatchers, etc.

Crispin Porter + Bogusky

CP+B has headquarter in Coconut Grove, Florida with few more offices in US and Europe. The agency has been named “Agency of the Year” 13 times, and famous for using viral marketing. Remember the Subservient Chicken? “I’m PC” ad? Its all CP+B.

OFFICE LOCATIONS:

Miami, Boulder, Los Angeles, Goteborg, London

CLIENTS: Windows, Domino’s, Kraft Mac and Cheese, Best Buy, Jell-O, Grey Poupon, bing, Applebee’s arby’s UnderArmour, Diesel, Vitamin Water, Axe, Burger King, Mini, Ideaetc.

DDB

“We are guided by playbooks not rule books” is DDB’s philosophy, and with that in mind, agency won 82 Lions at 2012 Cannes. DDB is also one of the largest agencies in the world with Publicis Omnicom Group as a holding company.

OFFICE LOCATIONS:

North America: Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Miami, Los Angles,

Latin America: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela

Europe, Middle East & Africa:  Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, Algeria, Bahrain, Cameroon, Egypt, Israel, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tunisia, U.A.E, Zambia

Asia Pacific: Australia, China, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

CLIENTS: Ad Council, Cars.com, CIBA, DePuy, ExxonMobil, Aveeno, RoC, McDonald’s, Tropicana, Cotton Incorporated, Clorox, Empire city, Georgia Pacific, Hertz, Clean&Clear, Lotto, Mega Millions, etc.

Want to know what agencies are in your area? This blog lists “ALL” the agencies that exists within US state by state: http://www.thecreativeham.com/the-list.php