360i

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360i
360i Logo.png
Type of site
 Subsidiary
Founded1998;27 years ago (1998)
HeadquartersNew York City, United States
No. of locations Atlanta
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Area servedWorldwide
Key people
  • Jared Belsky (CEO)
  • Abbey Klaassen (president, New York),
  • Menno Kluin (Chief Creative Officer),
  • Doug Rozen (Chief Media Officer)
IndustryMarketing & advertising
Services Marketing
Employees1000+
Parent Dentsu International [1] [2]
URL 360i.com

360i was a New York City-based digital agency [3] founded in 1998. It was a business unit of Dentsu. [1] [2]

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Corporate history

360i was founded in 1998 in Atlanta by Dave Williams and Bryan Kujawski [4] as a search engine marketing agency and technology company for online brands. It was later acquired by Innovation Interactive. [5] At the time, 360i had 35 people in the agency and 15 people in its SearchIgnite technology business with revenue of close to $5 million. [6]

360i was acquired as a digitally-led communications agency. [5]

Innovation Interactive was acquired by Dentsu in 2010 for $275mm [7] and remains a unit of Dentsu, Inc. [5] Bryan Wiener remained CEO of 360i until February 2014 and was succeeded by Sarah Hofstetter, [8] a 360i executive since 2005 and the founder of the firm's social media and strategy practices. [9] In 2018, Hofstetter was promoted to Chairwoman following Bryan Wiener's move to comScore as CEO. [10] That same year, President Jared Belsky was promoted to CEO, [10] and CMO Abbey Klaassen was promoted to President, New York. [11]

In June 2022, Dentsu announced that 360i was being merged with its other creative agencies DentsuMB and Isobar under the Dentsu Creative label, effectively retiring the 360i brand. [12] [13]

Products and services

360i started out as a search engine marketing and optimization company. [5] In 2005 it began offering social media marketing programs. [9] In 2008, the agency rounded out its capabilities in strategy, media and creative. [14] [15] spanning the US, UK, Brazil and Canada. [16]

Notable work from the agency included "Adaptoys", a line of accessible toys that allow those living with paralysis to rejoin playtime, [17] Oreo's "Dunk in the Dark" social ad that went viral during Super Bowl XLVII, [18] "Westworld: The Maze", HBO's first full-scale voice skill that is compatible with any Alexa enabled device, [19] the Global Oreo Vault, [20] and "OREO Left-Handers", the first-ever left-handed pack of OREO cookies. [21]

References

  1. 1 2 Vranica, Suzanne (January 26, 2010). "Dentsu in Talks to Buy Ad Firm". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010. Retrieved March 30, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Patel, Kunur (January 25, 2010). "Dentsu Acquires 360i, Taking a Big Digital Shop off the Table". Advertising Age . Archived from the original on April 9, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  3. ↑ Steel, Emily (October 9, 2007). "Job-Search Sites Face a Nimble Threat". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 26, 2010. New York online marketing firm 360i, for instance, said it has posted jobs listings on CareerBuilder and HotJobs with little results.
  4. ↑ "360i". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Patel, Kunur (January 25, 2010). "Dentsu Acquires 360i, Taking a Big Digital Shop off the Table". Advertising Age.
  6. ↑ Patel, Kunur (January 24, 2011). "360i Is No. 6 on the Ad Age Agency A-List". Advertising Age.
  7. ↑ Vranica, Suzanne (January 26, 2010). "Dentsu in Talks to Buy Ad Firm". The Wall Street Journal.
  8. ↑ McClellan, Steve (February 12, 2013). "360i Revamps Top Management, Sarah Hofstetter Named Global CEO". Mediapost.
  9. 1 2 "Agency Marketer of the Year". iMedia Connection. Archived from the original on February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Management shifts at 360i as Belsky, Hofstetter take new roles" . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  11. ↑ "360i CMO Abbey Klaassen named president of New York HQ" . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Dentsu International drops DentsuMB, 360i and Isobar names to break down silos". Campaign Asia. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Dentsu Unites Creative Shops in Sweeping Reorganization". Ad Age. Retrieved June 21, 2022.
  14. ↑ McIlroy, Megan (March 18, 2008). "Search Specialist 360i Buys Design Shop i33". Advertising Age.
  15. ↑ Mandese, Joe (December 16, 2014). "OMMA Digital Agency of the Year: 360i". Mediapost.
  16. ↑ McClellan, Steve (September 16, 2014). "360i Establishes Its First West Coast Office, In Los Angeles". Mediapost.
  17. ↑ "Christopher Reeve's Son Announces Creation of Accessible Toys: 'Everyone Deserves the Chance to Play'". People. May 2, 2016.
  18. ↑ Sanders, Rachel (February 3, 2013). "How Oreo Got That Twitter Ad Up So Fast". BuzzFeed.
  19. ↑ "You Can Now Live Out 'Westworld' With Your Amazon Echo". WIRED. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  20. ↑ Zelaya, Ian (December 14, 2020). "How Oreo Made a Doomsday Vault That Fans Voted 2020's Top Ad". www.adweek.com. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Oreo launches limited edition packs for world's struggling lefties" . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
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