• by Steve McClellan  @mp_mcclellan, December 3, 2018

Interpublic media agency UM has promoted Lynn Lewis to U.S. CEO. She replaces Kasha Cacy who departed for the CEO post at Engine in August. 

A 15-year veteran of the agency, Lewis most recently served as UM’s East Coast regional president and global CMO. 

UM’s East Coast client portfolio includes Coca-Cola, service through a dedicated unit called the Coca-Cola Connections Studio. As CMO she oversaw all of UM’s global marketing efforts, helping to define the agency’s brand positioning, awards strategy and philanthropic initiatives. 

“I am incredibly proud to name Lynn as U.S. CEO,” stated Daryl Lee, global CEO, UM. “She is a homegrown leader who has built a loyal following at UM based on her unparalleled client partnership, strategic marketing savvy and amazing ability to build and inspire high-performance teams.” 

Lewis’ career at UM includes building and running J3, UM’s dedicated media unit servicing Johnson & Johnson, where Lewis is credited with pioneering an integrated planning, buying and analytics model which has successfully scaled across all of UM’s accounts. 

Earlier she worked as the global managing partner on Sony at UM. On the creative agency side, she spent ten years as an account director at sibling agency McCann Erickson overseeing a variety of marquee accounts. 

This appointment comes on the heels of a number of key new business wins for UM, including American Express, Quicken Loans, Columbia Sportswear, Henkel and the successful defense of Charles Schwab.