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| Industry | Advertising, marketing & communications |
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| Founded | November 13, 2006 |
| Founders | Jorge A. Plasencia (Chairman & CEO) Luis Casamayor (President & CCO) |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida, United States |
| Services | Advertising, brand strategy, media planning & buying, public relations, social media, market research, events & experiential, production, management consulting, community engagement |
Republica Havas is a creative, media, and communications agency based in Miami, Florida.
Republica Havas was founded on November 13, 2006, by Jorge Plasencia [1] and Luis Casamayor as an agency focused on helping brands reach consumers across languages, traditions, and cultures.
Republica Havas was ranked for five consecutive years on Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 annual list of America's fastest growing private companies, [2] servicing clients in the U.S. and around the world. In January 2010, Republica relocated to its own facility, The Republica Building, [3] on Miami's Coral Way.
In September 2018, Republica announced an investment from Havas Group, a division of Vivendi, the global conglomerate that includes Universal Music Group, Canal+, Gameloft, Editis, and Dailymotion, among others. As part of the new partnership with Havas, Republica was renamed Republica Havas [4] and according to Advertising Age, [5] as part of the deal, the agency became Havas North America's lead multicultural agency.
Over the years, the agency has created campaigns for clients including Toyota, Walmart, Google, Baptist Health, NBCUniversal, Nielsen Holdings, Royal Caribbean, Sedano's Supermarkets, Adrienne Arsht, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Air Wick, National Pork Board, and Biogen.[ citation needed ]
Republica Havas has also created public service campaigns, including Broken Crayons, [6] and Stop the Cycle [7] for child abuse prevention; nonprofit Amigos For Kids; the Es el Momento [8] for the Gates Foundation and Univision; Stand Stronger [9] for Civic Nation and The White House; El Poder en Ti [10] for NBCUniversal Telemundo; and the Earth Unplugged album [11] for Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
WKAQ-TV is a television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico, serving as the U.S. territory's dual Telemundo and NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of NBCUniversal. WKAQ-TV's studios are located on Franklin Roosevelt Avenue in San Juan near Hiram Bithorn Stadium, and its transmitter is located on Cerro la Santa in Cayey near the Bosque Estatal de Carite mountain reserve.
Reik is a Mexican pop rock band from Mexicali, Baja California, formed in 2003 by Jesús Alberto Navarro Rosas, Julio Ramírez Eguía, and Gilberto Marín Espinoza (guitar). The group's first five albums have been classified as Latin pop, but the group has since transitioned to a more urban-influenced sound since 2015. Reik has won a Latin Billboard Music Award, four Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica awards, and a Latin Grammy.
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Marco Antonio Solís Sosa is a Mexican musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Ario de Rosales, Michoacán, Solís began his musical career at the age of six, performing with his brother Joel Solís as Los Hermanitos Solís. In 1975, he co-founded Los Bukis, of which he was the lead vocalist, songwriter and guitarist. The band split up after nearly two decades of success, with Solís pursuing a solo career. Solís released his debut solo album, En Pleno Vuelo, in 1996 by Fonovisa Records.
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Amigos Together For Kids is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation founded in 1991 dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect by valuing children, strengthening families and educating communities. The group was founded by Jorge A. Plasencia. Amigos For Kids has created a model after-school program at Jose Marti Park in Miami for over 100 underprivileged children in a public and private partnership with the City of Miami. The organization creates awareness for its cause through a variety of public service campaigns and high-profile fundraising events including the successful Celebrity Domino Night. It also runs an annual toy drive to collect Christmas gifts for disadvantaged children.
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The Hispanic Television Summit is an annual conference for those in the business of television and video for Hispanic viewers in the United States, and worldwide. The Hispanic Television Summit is presented by two business publications for the television industry, Broadcasting & Cable and Multichannel News, and is produced by Joe Schramm and Rafael Eli of Schramm Marketing Group. It is held each Autumn in New York City. Topics focus on trends in the US Hispanic market related to brand advertising, consumer marketing, Media buying, video content creation, content acquisition and distribution, and the effects of those trends on the Hispanic television and video industry. The full-day event features multiple keynote and panel discussions, networking breaks, and the awards luncheon. The awards luncheon is the highlight of the event, where three or four executives, businesses or organizations are recognized for their achievements and leadership within the Hispanic television and video industry.