MullenLowe U.S.

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MullenLowe U.S.
Industry Advertising, Marketing
Founded1970
FounderJim Mullen
Headquarters
Boston
Number of locations
4
Key people
Lee Newman, CEO
ServicesCreative, public relations, full-service media, analytics.
Parent Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG)
Website mullenlowe.com

MullenLowe U.S. is a Boston, Massachusetts-based advertising and marketing communications agency, a part of MullenLowe Group owned by multinational advertising network Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG). It has regional offices in Los Angeles, New York City and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. [1] The agency provides creative, media, brand planning, direct-marketing, interactive, design, and public relations.

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Lee Newman is MullenLowe U.S.'s CEO. [2]

History

MullenLowe U.S., originally known as Mullen Advertising, was founded in 1970 in Wenham, Massachusetts by Jim Mullen, a biophysicist and racing sailor. [3] Three years later, the company hired Paul Silverman as its original creative director. [4] Other early employees included then-Chief Operating Officer Joe Grimaldi, who would go on to become Chairman of MullenLowe U.S., and the agency's fourth partner and executive creative director Edward Boches. [5] [6]

In April 1999, Mullen Advertising, by then the largest independent agency in New England, was acquired by Interpublic Group of Companies. [7] In October 1999, Jim Mullen stepped down and turned the CEO duties over to Joe Grimaldi. [8]

In January 2001, Interpublic merged Mullen with another of its holdings, Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based agency Long Haymes Carr (LHC). LHC was renamed as Mullen/LHC. [9]

In 2011, the agency was named to Ad Age's A-List as the third best agency in the country. [10] In the same year, American business magazine Fast Company named Mullen to its top 10 innovative marketing and advertising companies. [11]

In December 2013, Alex Leikikh succeeded Joe Grimaldi as Mullen's CEO. [12]

In May 2015, Interpublic merged Mullen with global agency Lowe & Partners, creating MullenLowe Group, and Mullen's US offices were renamed as MullenLowe U.S. Mullen CEO Alex Leikikh became Worldwide CEO of MullenLowe Group. [1] Lee Newman was appointed MullenLowe U.S. CEO. [2]

Operations

MullenLowe U.S. is headquartered at 40 Broad Street in Boston, where it moved on June 1, 2009, following 22 years in a manor house in Wenham, Massachusetts. [13] Additional offices are located in Los Angeles, New York City, and Winston-Salem North Carolina. The agency is part of MullenLowe Group's network of 90+ offices in over 65 locations around the world. [14]

MullenLowe U.S. belongs to the similarly-named division of the global network, MullenLowe, which focuses on brand strategy, communications planning and through-the-line advertising. MullenLowe sits alongside three other divisions of MullenLowe Group: MullenLowe Comms, Mediahub, and MullenLowe Profero. [15]

Notable campaigns

One of MullenLowe U.S.'s more notable campaigns was creating the Monster.com Super Bowl commercial When I Grow Up. [16] The agency has also gotten press coverage for its E*TRADE Superbowl ads with the tagline "Don't Get Mad, Get E-Trade". [17] . In 2022, KFC has named MullenLowe as the brand's creative agency of record. [18]

Notable clients past and present

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