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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. [...]

SARAH PERSONETTE PRESIDENT, UM, U.S. 34 Sarah Personette may be one of the youngest media-agency presidents. In 10 months she reorganized operations; created an executive leadership team; restructured the social [...]

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 [...]

It's no revelation that uncertainty prevails leading into this year's broadcast television upfront. What comes as news are some of the reasons for the uncertainty--and the possibility that it is [...]

Universal McCann has appointed Grey Worldwide's Yin Woon Rani as the president of its North American operations. Rani replaces Jacki Kelley in the role, who was promoted to global chief [...]

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 [...]

Bryan Jay Yolles, evp, chief growth officer at Universal McCann, died Dec. 16 after a battle with cancer. The 60-year-old Greenwich, Conn., resident had been on a leave of absence [...]

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 [...]

Byline: MICHAEL BUSH PRESIDENT-NORTH AMERICA UNIVERSAL MCCANN IN HER FIRST foray into the agency world, Jacki Kelley has certainly jumped into the deep end of the pool. Not only is [...]

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 [...]

Online media agency Universal McCann has appointed Natasha Lekka as senior account manager. She joins after spending over three years at Manning Gottlieb OMD. Copyright: Centaur Communications Ltd. and […]

Graham Duff, the Universal McCann president for EMEA, is set to take an expanded role overseeing the region's operations for Interpublic Group sister agency Initiative. It follows IPG's decision to […]

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 [...]

Universal McCann has appointed Quentin George to the position of global director of digital strategy. He will now work closely with Nick Brien, the network's chief executive, in creating digital [...]

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 [...]

Universal McCann has hired Adrian Toy as its regional interactive director for Asia-Pacific, as part of efforts to build its digital media capabilities across the region. Toy, a former regional [...]

Alasdair Reid delves into the travelling, partying, sleeping, CrackBerry and media habits of eight members of the globe-trotting media elite. ALISON BROLLS, Senior manager, global marketing and media planning, Nokia [...]

Italy's media agencies are continuing to experience high turnover at senior level, with new leaders set for MediaCom, Starcom and Universal McCann. Alessandro Cortellazzo has quit as the chief executive [...]

Manpreet Singh, who has led the MindShare Group's operations in Singapore for the past eight years, has been appointed the chief executive of Universal McCann in China. During his time [...]

Universal McCann has appointed Tea Romano as its executive vice-president, global marketing director. Romano replaces Charlotte Hatfield in the role. The network has also promoted Theresa Houlihan to the head [...]

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 [...]

Universal McCann has hired Charlotte Freemantle, the communications strategy director at Carat International, to lead its communications planning across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Freemantle will be given specific [...]

Yvonne Boller (pictured), the client services director and media coach at Lowe/GGK, has been appointed to the role of managing director of Universal McCann in Switzerland. In her new capacity, [...]

Universal McCann has appointed Margaret Lewis (pictured) to the role of executive vice-president of communications planning for the US region. Lewis joins from Mediaedge:cia, where she was the head of [...]

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, [...]

Universal McCann Hong Kong has hired Alice Lam, the former chief executive of Maxus Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific, as its managing director. She replaces Roid Sin, who left last month [...]

Alvaro Novaes to partner and VP-business development at local agency ADAG, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Mr. Novaes left JWT, where he was president of JWT Brazil and co-president of JWT Latin [...]

Alice Lam (pictured) has been appointed as the managing director of Universal McCann Hong Kong. She replaces the former managing director, Roid Sin, who recently left the agency without a [...]

David Morgan, the chief executive of Mediaedge:cia North Asia, has been named as the regional chief executive of Universal McCann. He replaces Allen Medforth, the former regional director for Asia-Pacific, [...]

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 [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal McCann ad forecaster Bob Coen today revised his full-year U.S. ad spending projection downward 2 percent by about $6 billion to $286.5 billion, due to continued [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal McCann ad forecaster Bob Coen today revised his full-year U.S. ad spending projection downward 2 percent by about $6 billion to $286.5 billion, due to continued [...]

Byline: matthew creamer When mary gerzema was promoted to U.S. president of Universal McCann in February, she was faced with a tall task: helping Worldwide CEO Nick Brien revive a [...]

NEW YORK -- Interpublic Group's Universal McCann has hired Stuart Bogaty as managing partner. Bogaty is tasked with overseeing the agency's global Intel and MasterCard accounts. Based in New York, [...]

Universal McCann has appointed Steve Soldano (pictured) to the position of global managing partner on its Microsoft account. Soldano joins from MindShare New York, where he was the worldwide strategic [...]

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 [...]

Rosemary Lising to regional business director, MEC Interaction, Singapore, the new digital division of Mediaedge:cia in Asia, from director, search and media services, Blue Interactive Marketing, Singapore. Victoria Henderson to [...]

Victoria Henderson has quit her role as the managing director of Universal McCann's troubled China office after just ten months in the job. Henderson, who has been with the Universal [...]

NEW YORK -- Media agency veteran Jean Pool is retiring from Universal McCann after more than 25 years of service at some of the biggest agencies in the industry. Pool, [...]

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 [...]

NEW YORK -- Universal McCann said it has reorganized its online and emerging media operations into one unit that will be overseen domestically by David Cohen as U.S. director of [...]

Mary Gerzema has become the president of Universal McCann's US operations. The appointment will see her assume overall responsibility for all of Univeral's US operations, including the New York, Los [...]

ITV Sales former managing director Graham Duff is joining Universal McCann as president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, following the departure of Chris Shaw in December. Copyright: Centaur […]

Graham Duff is a popular and successful figure on the UK advertising scene. During his time as the chief executive of the then Zenith Media and later at Granada Enterprises, [...]

Graham Duff, the former chief executive of Zenith Media and the former managing director of ITV Sales, is joining Universal McCann. The Interpublic media network has acted swiftly to install [...]

Chris Shaw, the executive vice-president of Universal McCann, is leaving the network to pursue opportunities in the branded content world. Shaw, who has been at Universal for 11 years, has [...]