Tag Archive for: Healthcare Communications Agencies

As the global advertising industry gathers at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Klick Health today announced the large independent agency’s worldwide expansion. Klick Health confirmed plans for regional hubs in Asia-Pacific (APAC); Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA); and Latin America (LATAM).

CMI Media Group, a WPP company (NYSE: WPP), today announced an evolution in their approach to media planning which includes several high-level executive promotions and hires. As leaders in omnichannel, the agency will focus on delivering precision at scale. Fueled by industry leading data and insights from Empower™, the media plans will be created by integrated media strategists with the direction of communications planning specialists, collaborating deeply into the planning and optimization process to create a better deliverable and more impactful outcomes.

The leading healthcare communications agencies and networks and their creative work took center stage on April 21. The 33rd annual Manny Awards recognized excellence throughout the healthcare advertising industry across 29 categories at The Lighthouse at Pier 61 in New York City. 

WPP company CMI Media Group and NMSDC certified diverse supplier Compas announce continued investment in building real solutions for client challenges and opportunities with the launch of a Technology and Data business unit that flexibly works to provide clients solutions the way they want, including turnkey access to some of the agencies’ proprietary platforms.

IPG Health today announced the launch of Humancare, a new healthcare communications agency dedicated to making humans care. Drawing on empathy, data-driven insights and creativity, the new agency creates experiences for providers and patients that inspire action and drive behavior change. Humancare’s capabilities include brand strategy, creative, brand engagement and more, helping humans be better, live better and get better.

McCann Health London announces a new leadership line-up in a raft of management promotions as part of the group’s ongoing growth, enabled by last year’s formation of IPG Health.

Media strategy powerhouse CMI Media Group, a WPP company (NYSE: WPP), announced marked success in growth and efficiencies within its Analytics and Insights unit. As part of an overall agency initiative to improve all aspects of business to continue a multi-year strong trajectory of growth, the department recognized 28 employees with promotions and collaborated across the agency to identify new opportunities to be efficient and provide even better outcomes for clients. This includes diving deeper into utilizing machine learning for more effective marketing outcomes. One elevation of note is that of Selamawit Gilagaber to Executive Vice President, Customer Insights.

Ogilvy Health announced industry veteran Courtney Murphy has been appointed to the position of Global People Director, a newly created role that now rounds out the agency’s powerhouse leadership team. Courtney will serve both as a valued part of the Ogilvy Health Executive Leadership Team and as a board member on Ogilvy’s Global People Team.

If you flip through history, you’ll realize that our fundamental healthcare needs haven’t changed since the year 1885. We still seek rest when we’re ill, feel pain when we overexert ourselves, and need guidance from experts on our health and wellness. But the tools we have to meet these perennial needs have shifted dramatically since the 19th century, and especially over the past decade, wherein technology has advanced faster than even the greatest Sci-Fi film producers imagined, according to Greater Than One Chief Technology Officer Ken Winell.

Klick Health hired 37-time Cannes Lions and 80-time Clio awards recipient Bernardo Romero to become the agency’s ‘Maker’ – a role that was specially created around his desire to return to creating campaigns and products that positively impact people’s health. Romero, who was Chief Creative Officer at The Bloc, wants to bring his patient experience as someone who has diabetes into his work. Romero and Klick Health Chief Creative Officer Rich Levy talked to Med Ad News about what brought Romero to Klick and the launch of The Workshop, a Klick team of “Makers, Concepters, Noodlers and Doodlers” that will be experimenting with new ideas for creative healthcare advertising.