The Martin Agency is an American advertising agency

Advertising agency

An advertising agency or ad agency is a service business dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising for its clients. An ad agency is independent from the client and provides an outside point of view to the effort of selling the client's products or services...

 based in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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 that is now part of Interpublic Group of Companies

Interpublic Group of Companies

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is one of the "big four" global advertising holding companies . Headquartered in New York City, it has 41,000 employees and reported full−year revenues of US$6.5 billion for 2010...

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   jingle since October 2007 starring Eric Violette.
• "The money you could be saving with Geico"

Clients

Other companies and organizations listed as clients on the agency's website include:

• American Cancer Society
  American Cancer Society
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• Barely There
• BFGoodrich
  BFGoodrich
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• Breakstone's
• Comcast
  Comcast
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• Cool Whip
  Cool Whip
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• Discover Card
  Discover Card
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• ESPN X Games
• Expedia
  Expedia
  Expedia is an Internet-based travel website based in the US with localised sites for 21 countries...
  
  
• FreeCreditScore.com
• GEICO
  GEICO
  The Government Employees Insurance Company is an auto insurance company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway that as of 2007 provided coverage for more than 10 million motor vehicles owned by more than 9 million policy holders. GEICO writes private passenger automobile insurance...
  
  
• Hanes
  Hanes
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• JFK Presidential Library and Museum
  John F. Kennedy Library
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• LivingSocial
  LivingSocial
  -Business model:LivingSocial offers a new deal each day to its members who subscribe via email. Once a deal has been purchased, members are e-mailed their redemption vouchers the following business day, around 5 a.m. local time...
  
  
• Manpower
  Manpower
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• Microsoft Store
  Microsoft Store
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• Morgan Stanley
  Morgan Stanley
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• Motrin
• PING
  Ping
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• Pizza Hut
  Pizza Hut
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• Sun Life Financial
  Sun Life Financial
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• Tylenol
  Tylenol
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• UPS
  United Parcel Service
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• USTA
• Walmart

History

Founded in 1965 by David N. Martin, The Martin Agency is now part of the Interpublic Group of Companies

Interpublic Group of Companies

The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. is one of the "big four" global advertising holding companies . Headquartered in New York City, it has 41,000 employees and reported full−year revenues of US$6.5 billion for 2010...

. Advertising Age

Advertising Age

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ranked it third among U.S. advertising agencies in 2008 with billings of $600,000,000.

The company's president and CEO is currently John B. Adams, Jr. and its creative director is Mike Hughes.

John Norman, former Executive Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, joined The Martin Agency in 2010 as co-Chief Creative Officer with Mike Hughes.

External links

• Martinagency.com
• "Clan of the Caveman" by Linda Tischler for FastCompany.com
• "Agency Profile: The Martin Agency" by Ignacio Oreamuno for ihaveanidea.com
• FedEx sues UPS over whiteboard ads, richmondbizsense.com