The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has announced the selection of marketing partners after the completion of four separate RFP processes. The contracts were awarded to:

• Business Marketing and Advertising – Lambert/9thWonder. Detroit-based PR firm Lambert & Co. and Houston-based ad agency 9thWonder formed a joint venture late last year to team on client work and scale their capabilities. The partners’ MEDC remit is to “provide business marketing and advertising activities that attract, retain and grow businesses that deliver economic benefit and opportunity to the people of Michigan.”
• Travel Marketing and Advertising – Travel and tourism agency MMGY Global, which will …

BOK Financial has selected Vladimir Jones as its agency of record after a formal review.  The agency, based in Colorado Springs, will work with its new client to reach and engage consumer, commercial and investment banking audiences with ad campaigns that bring the financial services company’s brand purpose to the forefront. Initial work under the new partnership will debut in early 2022.   Tulsa, OK-based BOK has $92 billion in assets under management and administration.  

The selection follows a formal review that kicked off early in the year that managed by Ebiquity in Milan, Italy.