The Martin Agency

The Martin Agency is an American advertising agency based in Richmond, Virginia that is now part of Interpublic Group of Companies.

• Freecreditreport.com jingle since October 2007 starring Eric Violette.^[1]
• "The money you could be saving with Geico"

Clients

Other companies and organizations listed as clients on the agency's website include:

• American Cancer Society
• Barely There
• BFGoodrich
• Breakstone's
• Comcast
• Cool Whip
• Discover Card
• ESPN X Games
• Expedia
• FreeCreditScore.com
• GEICO
• Hanes
• JFK Presidential Library and Museum
• LivingSocial
• Manpower
• Microsoft Store
• Morgan Stanley
• Motrin
• PING
• Pizza Hut
• Sun Life Financial
• Tylenol
• UPS
• USTA
• Walmart

History

Founded in 1965 by David N. Martin, The Martin Agency is now part of the Interpublic Group of Companies. Advertising Age ranked it third among U.S. advertising agencies in 2008 with billings of $600,000,000.^[2]

The company's president and CEO is currently John B. Adams, Jr. and its creative director is Mike Hughes.

John Norman, former Executive Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, joined The Martin Agency in 2010 as co-Chief Creative Officer with Mike Hughes.^[3]

References

External links

• Martinagency.com
• "Clan of the Caveman" by Linda Tischler for FastCompany.com
• "Agency Profile: The Martin Agency" by Ignacio Oreamuno for ihaveanidea.com
• FedEx sues UPS over whiteboard ads, richmondbizsense.com