Maxus (media agency)

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Maxus
Company type Media Agency
Industry Advertising, marketing
Founded2008
DefunctDecember 31, 2017 (2017-12-31)
Headquarters London, UK; New York, US,
Parent GroupM
Website maxusglobal.com

Maxus was a global media agency, with services including communications strategy, media planning and buying, digital marketing, search engine marketing (SEM) through search advertising and search engine optimisation (SEO), direct response media, data analytics, and marketing ROI evaluation. In December 2011, Maxus became Campaign magazine's Global Media Network of the Year. [1]

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In December 2017, Maxus merged with sister agency MEC to form global media offering Wavemaker.

Company overview

Maxus was part of WPP plc, eventually employing 150,000 people across the advertising, public relations and market research sectors, and part of GroupM, the media investment management group that serves as the parent company for all of WPP plc's media agencies: Maxus, Mindshare, [2] MEC, MediaCom and Xaxis. [3]

Maxus was officially launched as a global media network in October 2008, although it had previously been known as Maximize during the late 1990s in Asia and had standalone operations in the United States and parts of Europe from 2005.

Maxus had headquarters in London, UK and New York City, New York. In 2011, Maxus launched an online community I am Maxus enabling its employees to work together via mobile or desktop platforms.

In June 2017, GroupM announced Maxus would merge with sister agency MEC. [4] In September WPP plc announced the name of the merged agency would be Wavemaker. [5] [6]

Awards and recognitions

Awards and recognitions (2015)

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