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Newell Rubbermaid Taps Agencies for Global Marketing

10/3/2013
Newell Rubbermaid announces a significant step in making bigger, more strategic, global investments behind its brands with the consolidation of scores of local agencies worldwide into one lead creative partner and one lead media-buying partner. The two agencies will help oversee Newell Rubbermaid's global advertising and promotion investment.

Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) has been selected as lead creative agency, which will have full responsibility to deliver strategy, creative execution and implementation (excluding media) in all brand-related communication channels. Part of the Publicis Groupe, BBH was named 2013 "Mid-Sized Agency of the Year" by the O'Toole Awards. BBH works with brands including Johnnie Walker, British Airways, KFC, Audi, Barclays Bank, Westin Hotels & Resorts, and Axe. The global assignment will be led by BBH New York, supported by the entire BBH global agency network including offices in London, Sao Paulo and Shanghai.

PHD has been selected as lead media agency, which will help with overall strategic communication planning and be responsible for all media placements across all channels. Originally founded as a planning-led media agency, PHD, part of the Omnicom Media Group, was named Adweek's "Global Media Agency of the Year" in 2012 and is an innovator in communications planning and buying. PHD's clients include Mondelez, Porsche, Bentley, ANZ, GlaxoSmithKline, Hyatt and Canon.

"For the first time, we are aligning all our brands and categories behind one set of agency partners to drive big ideas that create a strong point of difference for consumers," says Richard Davies, chief marketing and insights officer of Newell Rubbermaid. "BBH and PHD are the best in the business at what they do. With their partnership, we now have the power to achieve much greater scale, reach and impact as we invest behind growing our brands worldwide."

The new agency relationships are effective Oct. 1, with transition work beginning immediately to ensure integrated teams are fully operational by the beginning of the year. 

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