Where Can I Go? 2

I have been refining resume and cover letters, and I tried to trim my choices down to top 5 agencies, but it is just so hard! There are too many amazing agencies and I just don't know. I did end up choosing my top 5 depending on the city I want to work in, specific client I want to work with, and agencies that "REALLY" inspired me with their works in last 4 years...

So, where do YOU want to go?

Wieden + Kennedy

One of the largest independently-owned advertising agencies in the world, with headquarters in Portland Oregon. It is an independent, creatively driven advertising agency that creates strong and provocative relationships between clients and customers. This agency is best known for Nike, AND remember the Old Spice man on a white horse saying “look at me, now look back at your man, now back to me” Smell like a Man, Man!

OFFICE LOCATIONS: Portland, New York, So Paulo, London, Amsterdam, Delhi, Shanghai, Tokyo

CLIENTS: Chrysler, Coca-Cola, converse, Dodge, Electronic Arts, Facebook, Ivory, Kraft, LAIKA studios, Levi’s Maxwell House, Nike, Nike Golf, Old Spice, Powerade, Procter & Gamble, Sony, Travel Oregon, Trident, ABC TV, Delta, ESPN, Hineken, Jordan Brand etc.

McKinney

Named “the most effective independent advertising agency in the world” – Effie Effectiveness Index. In 2012, McKinney was acquired by Cheil Worldwide, Korea’s largest and world’s leading marketing communications network (Cheil Worldwide will be covered in upcoming posts!)

OFFICE LOCATIONS: North Carolina and New York ! [This is a small agency]

CLIENTS: Nationwide, Sherwin Williams, Big Boss, Gold’s Gym, Travelocity, Urban Ministries of Durham, Mizuno, Samsung, Royal Canin, Durham, Dognition, mentos, Century Link, Old Favorites, Hankook Tire. 

BBDO

Founded in 1891, it has been named as “Most Awarded Agency Network in the World” by The Gunn Report. seen or heard “The Work The Work The Work,” ? It’s BBDO’s philosophy.

Holding Company: Omnicom Group

OFFICE LOCATIONS:

North America: New York, Toronto, Atlanta, Minneapolis, San Francisco, Chicago

Latin America: Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela

EMEA: London, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine

Asia Pacific: Singapore, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Cambodia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam

CLIENTS: at&t, BayerBayer, Campbell’s, FedEx, GE, hp, Lowe’s, Mars, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson, Starbucks, VISA, Diageo, Hyatt, P&G, VW, ExxonMobil, Johnson+Johnson, Pepsico, Wrigley

Leo Burnett

Founded in 1935, the agency started off working on two main projects for Kellogg’s and P&G. Now, it is a worldwide company working with world renowned brands. The agency works with a one word philosophy, Human Kind: “It’s not about advertising or brand propositions or selling products. It’s about people and purpose. It’s an approach to marketing that serves true human needs, not the other way around.”

Holding Company: Publicis

OFFICE LOCATIONS: Almaty, Amman, Amsterdam, Asuncion, Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Belgrade, Berlin, Bogota, Bratislava, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Buenos Aires, Cairo, Caracas, Casablanca, Chicago, Colombo, Detroit, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Guatemala City, Guaynabo, Harare, Haryana, Helsinki, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Jakarta, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait city, Kyiv, La Paz, Lagos, Lausanne, Lima, Lisbon, Ljubljana, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Managua, Manila, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Montevideo, Montreal, Moscow, Mumbai, Nairobi, New Delhi, New York, Nicosia, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Ramat-Gan, Riga, Riyadh, Rome, San Jose, San Salvador, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Sao Paulo, Seoul, shanghai, Singapore, Sofia, Stockholm, Sydney, Taipei, Tallinn, Tegucipalpa, Tokyo, Toronto, Turin, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw, Zurich

(Wow that is a lot of office locations…)

CLIENTS: Allstate, ltria, Beef, Coca-Cola, Firestone, Delta, DeVry University, esurance, MaMa Francesca, Fifth Third Band, Hallmark, hhgregg, Invesco, Kellogg’s McDonald’s, Nintendo, P&G, Remax, Samsung, Sprint, United Technologies, WhiteWave, ComeEd

R+R

Advertising, marketing, public relations and public affairs firm headquartered in Las Vegas. “Create. Build. Protect. Creating, building, and protecting brands for clients whose only option is to win.” Having hard time trying to figure out this agency? Well, we all know the saying “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” It is from a Las Vegas Convention campaign from R+R in 2003. Shocked yet? I was mind blown… I thought it was from a show, not from an advertising agency!

OFFICE LOCATIONS: Austin TX, Denver CO, Las Vegas NV, El Segundo CA, Phoenix AZ, Reno NV, Salt Lake City Utah, Washington DC

CLIENTS: APS, Boeing, LVCVA, NV Energy, SNWA, Utah DABC, Utah Highway Safety, Western Digital


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