MEC (media agency)

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MEC

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legal form Ltd.
founding 2002
resolution December 31, 2017
Reason for dissolution Merger with MEC
Seat London , England
management Alastair Aird (COO)
Charles Courtier (CEO)
Tino Krause
(CEO Germany)
Number of employees 5,000 (worldwide)
approx. 500 (throughout Germany)
Branch Media agency
Website www.mecglobal.com

MEC (formerly Mediaedge: cia ) was a media agency . With 5,000 employees in 84 countries, the company was one of the world's largest media agencies, in Germany it was one of the four largest after Billings. Together with MediaCom , Mindshare and Maxus , MEC formed GroupM Holding, a subsidiary of the WPP group . The German headquarters was based in Düsseldorf . There were also three other locations in Hamburg, Munich and Berlin. It had its origin in the 2002 merger of the agencies CIA Medianetwork and The Media Edge.

As part of a structuring process, MEC merged with its sister agency Maxus on January 1, 2018 to form the new Wavemaker agency .

Company profile

According to the company, the company portfolio included all areas of communication and media planning as well as media purchasing. This included disciplines such as B. Consumer Insight and Return on Investment , Digital Marketing, Search Marketing, Direct Marketing , Sponsoring , Branded Content and Entertainment Marketing.

Awards

  • 2013: Winner of the 2013 Media Youngsters Competition of the German Media Prize
  • 2007: Global Media Agency of the Year (Mediaedge: cia) - AdWeek
  • 2007: Interactive Agency of the Year (MEC Interaction) - OMMA Magazine
  • 2006: Global Media Agency of the Year (Mediaedge: cia) - AdWeek

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