Accounts on the Move
Monday, August 20, 2007
  • Converse
    Anomaly
    Converse tapped Anomaly to handle creative chores on its $20 million advertising account.
  • Murine
    Duval Guillaume
    Medtech Products awarded its Murine brand ear cleansing system account to Duval Guillaume New York. The Earigate account was previously unassigned and creative consists of print and broadcast work set to launch this month. Billings were not released.
  • Hyundai Motor America
    LatinWorks
    Hyundai Motor America tapped LatinWorks to handle its $30 million U.S. Hispanic account. Del Rivero Messianu DDB previously handled the work.
  • Celestial Seasonings
    TDA Advertising & Design
    Celestial Seasonings selected TDA Advertising & Design to handle brand awareness work, consisting of national print, outdoor, in-store and online efforts.
  • Cumberland County BRAC Task Force
    The Republik
    The Republik was named agency of record for the community funded Cumberland County BRAC Task Force. BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) is the Department of Defense's congressional mandate to reduce the number of its bases, and shift deployment. A $.5 million budget will go to an Internet-based campaign, including banner and viral advertising, Web site development and blog seeding, all intended to draw soldiers, DoD employees and their families to the community's Fort Bragg.
  • Amtrak
    Arnold
    Arnold DC retained its contract with Amtrak, following a review. Arnold's duties will include account planning, ad strategy and execution, as well as media oversight. Amtrak will also continue its relationship with MPG and Media Contacts for offline and online media planning and buying.
  • iRobot
    The Gate Worldwide
    The Gate Worldwide added iRobot to its client roster, charged with helping to reposition the company's Home Robots Division, which includes cleaning robots such as Roomba and Scooba. Billings were not released.
  • EMI Music
    Saatchi & Saatchi
    EMI Music Marketing's catalog unit in the US selected Saatchi & Saatchi to help develop and execute strategic consumer marketing campaigns for key titles from its catalog of albums for both physical and digital formats.
  • Mattress Firm and OMD
    Zimmerman Advertising and
    Mattress Firm selected Zimmerman Advertising and OMD to handle creative and media chores, respectively, on its $30 million account.