Omnicom Media Group (OMG) has appointed Josh Jacobs president of Accuen, the company's year-old digital platform trading desk based in Chicago. Jacobs will be responsible for planning and executing
the strategy for Omnicom's digital media trading business, growing Accuen's client roster, and developing new product offerings, the company said. Jacobs will also be tasked with expanding the Accuen
team, adding staffers in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He will report to Scott Hagedorn, CEO of OMG's Annalect Group, a new analytics unit formed last year to manage and analyze the reams
of data pouring into OMG from its various operating units including its two big media shops OMD and PHD. Currently OMG operations combined place more than $2 billion in digital buys each year.
