AMV BBDO

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AMV BBDO
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry Advertising, marketing
Headquarters,
England
Key people
  • Sarah Douglas
  • (CEO)
  • Alex Grieve
  • (ECD) [1]
Parent BBDO
Website www.amvbbdo.com

AMV BBDO is an advertising agency that works with over 85 brands, including BT, Diageo, Walkers, and Mars. AMV campaigns may incorporate digital, social, experiential, print or broadcast media.

Contents

AMV is part of the BBDO network, the third-largest agency network in the world and part of the Omnicom Group.

Company Overview

AMV's in-house capability includes: community management, data analysis, video content production, live event management and brand partnerships.

AMV has produced several award-winning campaigns, including Guinness ‘surfer’ and more recent work:

In August 2016, the agency lost the Sainsbury's account, that it had held for 35 years, to Wieden+Kennedy. [2]

Team

Alex Grieve is Executive Creative Director and Sarah Douglas is CEO. [3]

History

AMV was founded by David Abbott (1938-2014), Peter Mead, and Adrian Vickers. [4] [5] [6]

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