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For much of the past decade, Interpublic's Universal McCann was one of the most beleaguered media shops in the industry, having lost huge accounts like General Motors, Coca-Cola and Lowe's. [...]

After less than a year stateside, Robin Kent, Universal McCann's chairman/CEO, this year's Media Executive All-Star, and native Brit, is still learning how they do things in New York. Back [...]

Interpublic Group's Universal McCann has hired George Pace as the head of international clients, a newly created position, the agency has confirmed.Pace, who reports to UM global CEO Matt Seiler, [...]

Jacki Kelley joined Interpublic's Universal McCann last April as president, North America, just in time to make key contributions to the shop's turnaround year resulting in its selection this week [...]

NEW YORK -- After putting in 13 years as the senior national television buyer at Universal McCann, Donna Wolfe is leaving the agency.Effective immediately, Wolfe's duties will be divided between [...]

NEW YORK -- In the latest sign that Matt Seiler, global CEO of Universal McCann, is redefining the relationship the agency forges with media owners, he has hired Jacki Kelley [...]

NEW YORK -- Interpublic Group's Universal McCann has promoted David Morgan to the new position of global chief client officer. Previously, Morgan was president of UM Asia Pacific. Jeff Cressall, [...]

NEW YORK -- Interpublic Group's Universal McCann has tapped Rob Frydlewicz as svp, director of media research. He replaces Susan Nathan, a 16-year UM veteran who left the agency in [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal McCann has hired former Organic executive Quentin George as director of digital strategy. In his new role, George will help set the interactive agenda for the [...]

NEW YORK -- Interpublic Group's Universal McCann has promoted Tea Romano to evp and global marketing director. She will report to UM worldwide CEO Nick Brien. Romano, 46, replaces Charlotte [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal McCann has hired Margaret Lewis as an evp to build and lead its U.S. communications planning practice. She fills a new position at the shop. Lewis, [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal McCann has appointed David Morgan president of its Asia-Pacific operations. Morgan replaces Allan Medforth, who left the Interpublic Group media network in February. Morgan, 41, joins [...]

It was back in New York in 2004 that Joe Burton met his future boss, Matt Ross. The two ad veterans, at different companies, worked together on the global IBM [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- Universal McCann here has hired a second senior executive on its showpiece Microsoft business in as many weeks. Steve Soldano joins the Interpublic Group agency as a [...]

LOS ANGELES -- Interpublic Group's Universal McCann has hired Hugo Lai as vice president and group media director, filling a position that had been vacant for at least nine months, [...]

NEW YORK Donna Wolfe was promoted to executive vice president, director of broadcast for Universal McCann North America, effective immediately. She succeeds Bill Cella, who was named chairman of Magna [...]

If the Media Director of the Year was chosen on the basis of quotes in the trade press, Universal McCann's Mark Stewart wouldn't even be on the ballot. Not that [...]

As Universal McCann's senior vp director of print media, representing Coca-Cola, Nestle and Cosmair L'Oreal, Roberta Garfinkle is as much a household name in the industry as the brands she [...]

If the Media Director of the Year was chosen on the basis of quotes in the trade press, Universal McCann's Mark Stewart wouldn't even be on the ballot. Not that [...]

After putting in 13 years as the senior national television buyer at Universal McCann, Donna Wolfe is leaving the agency. Wolfe's duties will be divided between co-executive vps of national [...]

MindShare president of operations Jean Pool left the WPP Group shop last week to join Interpublic Group's Universal McCann as executive vp/director of operations, in part because she is disenchanted [...]

Mike Siegenthaler, who most recently led MSN's Branded Entertainment and Experiences Team (BEET), is making the jump to Universal McCann to become executive vp, head of the agency's burgeoning MOR [...]

NEW YORK In the latest sign that Matt Seiler, global CEO of Universal McCann, is redefining the relationship the agency forges with media owners, he has hired Jacki Kelley--whose career [...]

Jacki Kelley's career spans just over two decades, all of it on the sales and marketing side of the media business. Now, she's jumping to a media agency, to take [...]

NEW YORK Universal McCann has hired former Organic executive Quentin George as its new director of digital strategy. In his new role, George will help set the digital agenda for [...]

Universal McCann, New York, hired MARGARET LEWIS as evp to build and lead its U.S. communications planning practice, a new post. She was at Mediaedge:cia [...]

SAN FRANCISCO It was back in New York in 2004 that Joe Burton met his future boss, Matt Ross. The two ad veterans, at different companies, worked together on the [...]

Media agency veteran Jean Pool will retire from Universal McCann after more than 25 years of service at some of the biggest agencies in the industry. Pool, currently North American [...]

Universal McCann, New York, reorganized its online and emerging media operations into one unit, to be overseen domestically by David Cohen as U.S. dir-digital communications. He was svp-interactive in New [...]

NEW YORK Mary Gerzema has been named president of Universal McCann in the U.S., one of the first key appointments made by UM Worldwide CEO Nick Brien, who took the [...]

NEWYORK IPG's Universal McCann on Friday hired Nick Brien as worldwide chief executive officer. Most recently, Brien, a U.K. native, was CEO of Arc Worldwide, Publicis' Chicago-based marketing services company. [...]

Interpublic Group's Universal McCann has hired Nick Brien as global CEO, sources said. Most recently, Brien, a U.K. native, was CEO of Arc Worldwide, Publicis Groupe's Chicago based marketing services [...]

Coming/going: Universal McCann, New York, replaced worldwide CEO ROBIN KENT on an interim basis with COO MURRAY DUDGEON. The change comes as Universal McCann gears up to defend more than [...]

Universal McCann has named Catherine Warburton-Scott as senior vp of national broadcast for client Sony AOR. Warburton-Scott joins the media agency from Carat USA, where she was most recently senior [...]

Universal McCann, New York, hired Scorr TEGETHOFF to run its global L'Oreal business as evp/global acct dir, a new post. He was at Starcom MediaVest [...]

Scott Tegethoff has joined Universal McCann as executive vp, global account director. Tegethoff will head up Universal McCann's global L'Oreal business, a new position. Tegethoff had been with Starcom MediaVest [...]

CHICAGO As someone who started her own business in the late 1990s, M.T. Carney, Universal McCann's new svp, channel account planner, is glad to be working at a company where [...]

NEW YORK Kathy Crawford, a media veteran with nearly 30 years' experience, has left her position as director of local broadcast at IPG's Initiative Media North America to join WPP's [...]

Lisa Seward last week was promoted to media director of Fallon North America. She takes over duties handled by New York media director Mary Gerzema, who recently joined Interpublic Group's [...]

NEW YORK--The role of the media-agency professional is in flux, and now, apparently, that role also includes doing creative. Last week, FutureBrand Worldwide global executive director of media and entertainment [...]

NEW YORK--The role of the media-agency professional is in flux, and now, apparently, that role also includes doing creative. Last week, FutureBrand Worldwide global executive director of media and entertainment [...]

NEW YORK--The role of the media-agency professional is in flux, and now, apparently, that role also includes doing creative. Last week, FutureBrand Worldwide global executive director of media and entertainment [...]

NEW YORK--The role of the media-agency professional is in flux, and now, apparently, that role also includes doing creative. Last week, FutureBrand Worldwide global executive director of media and entertainment [...]

NEW YORK -- The role of the media-agency professional is in flux, and now, apparently, that role also includes doing creative. Last week, FutureBrand Worldwide global executive director of media [...]

NEW YORK--The role of the media-agency professional is in flux, and now, apparently, that role also includes doing creative. Last week, FutureBrand Worldwide global executive director of media and entertainment [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal McCann tapped Alan Schulman as svp, creative director, a new post, the agency said. Schulman joins from Interpublic Group's Futurebrand. IPG also owns UM. Schulman reports [...]

NEW YORK -- MindShare president of operations Jean Pool left the WPP Group shop last week to join Interpublic Group's Universal McCann as evp/director of operations because she is disenchanted [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal-McCann has hired Kim Kadlec as svp/director of the Interpublic Group media network's dedicated Coca-Cola U.S. broadcast buying group. Kadlec, 38, joins from Publicis Groupe's Zenith Media, [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal-McCann has hired Kim Kadlec as svp/director of the Interpublic Group media network's dedicated Coca-Cola U.S. broadcast buying group. Kadlec, 38, joins from Publicis Groupe's Zenith Media, [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal-McCann has hired Kim Kadlec as svp/director of the Interpublic Group media network's dedicated Coca-Cola U.S. broadcast buying group. Kadlec, 38, joins from Publicis Groupe's Zenith Media, [...]