Before joining Yamamoto, Stelmaszek was Partner and Chief Creative Officer at Detroit-based LUDWIG+, where he led the boutique agency to wins for the Ram REV truck, FIAT 500e, Milo’s Tea Company, fintech lender Biz2Credit and others. Previously, Stelmaszek served as Executive Creative Director at Doner and Group Creative Director at Campbell-Ewald. Former clients include Chevrolet, Fairlife Milk, The United States Postal Service, Kaiser Permanente, Food Lion and the University of Michigan.

“The foundation at Yamamoto is exceptional,” Stelmaszek said. “We have all the right people in all the right places. The curious, courageous, creative culture perfectly aligns with how I want to work. I’m excited to come in and play my part and do what I can to make this great team even better.”

Stelmaszek takes on a role at Yamamoto that has been vacant for the past 18 months as the agency has sought to find the right fit. He will be leading a team of creatives that is scheduled to grow in 2024. Stelmaszek will work out of his home office in Detroit but will frequently travel to Yamamoto’s Minneapolis and Chicago locations.

“Michael is an incredible writer and thinker and cultural maven,” said Shawn Pals, Executive Creative Director at Yamamoto. “I’m excited to partner with him on new business and also to have a co-conspirator in developing our talented team as we continue to grow.”

About Yamamoto
Founded in 1979, Yamamoto is part of the Doner Partners Network (DPN), which was named a 2023 Standout by Ad Age. Yamamoto and DPN are both part of Stagwell, the challenger network built to transform marketing.

About Stagwell
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.

Contact: Maddy Bell, Vice President of Agency Growth | Yamamoto
Mobile: 312.923.7350
mbell@go-yamamoto.com

As COO/CIO, Brandon Webb demonstrated keen insights into industry trends and played a critical role in driving operational excellence at Multiview. In his new position as President, Webb will oversee all aspects of Multiview’s operations, including sales, marketing, product development, technology, and customer service. His strategic vision will guide the company as it continues to deliver innovative marketing solutions to the B2B industry.

“Brandon’s vision, operational expertise, and understanding of our market make him the ideal leader for this role,” said Andy Keith, CEO of Multiview. “His ability to inspire teams and drive innovation has been instrumental in our growth. I am confident that under his leadership, Multiview will continue to thrive and redefine the B2B marketing landscape.”

This strategic leadership transition marks a pivotal moment for Multiview as it continues to evolve and set new standards in B2B marketing solutions.

“I am both humbled and excited by this opportunity,” said Webb. “I look forward to working with our talented team to continue delivering exceptional solutions that drive growth for our clients and association partners. Together, we’re shaping the future of B2B marketing.”

About Multiview
Motivated by our partners’ success, Multiview has dedicated 20 years to providing high-quality digital media solutions to the B2B industry. As a leading digital publisher and marketing company, we unite buyers and sellers to accelerate their growth through the B2B Marketplace. By leveraging our vast network and first-party data on over 10 million B2B professionals across 30 industries, we deliver highly targeted advertisements to unique market segments, resulting in millions of additional revenue for our partners. We’re proud to work alongside 1,200 associations and 12,000 clients to help them turn their goals into reality, because at Multiview: Your Aspiration Is Our Inspiration. Learn more at www.multiview.com.  

About Stagwell
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.

PR Contact:
Maria Brockman
marketing@multiview.com 

Launched in 2004, Team Epiphany pioneered influencer marketing as a term before Twitter or Instagram even existed. Through the power of business-proven personal relationships and integrated creative, strategy and design capabilities, award-winning agency Team Epiphany makes magic happen for clients such as Airbnb, American Express, Coca-Cola, LEGO, HBO (MAX), Campari, Amazon and many more.

Team Epiphany is led by Founder and Managing Partner Coltrane Curtis and Managing Partner Lisa Chu, who oversee a team of 100 across their New York headquarters, and Los Angeles and Miami offices. The agency’s capabilities are exemplified in its past work for:

• AMERICAN EXPRESS – For the past five years American Express has enlisted Team Epiphany to create domestic strategies, execute live experiences, and produce engaging content that delivers business results and earned impact within targeted communities. This work is best exemplified by the AMEX “100 for 100” Program (which invested $2.5 million into Black female entrepreneurs) and multiple collaborative activations and content initiatives with celebrity entrepreneurs such as Elaine Welteroth and Issa Rae.
• HBO (MAX) – Team Epiphany has been HBO’s partner for multicultural programming for more than a decade, executing over 80 marketing programs across its most iconic series, including the audience initiative Scene in Black, and campaigns for “Ballers” and “Insecure.” Notably, Team Epiphany’s work on “Insecure” resulted in unprecedented in-show integrations as well as a strategic partnership with Issa Rae’s HOORAE Media, announced in 2023.
• Heineken – 15 years ago, Team Epiphany and Heineken charted a new approach to brand collaborations for the beer/spirits industry, which is still used today. Team Epiphany’s award-winning #Heineken100 program used the brand’s distinct iconography to co-create products with 40+ partners (including A Bathing Ape, TUMI, and KITH) and seeded them to global influentials – an initiative that ran for 10 consecutive years.
• LEGO – Since 2019, Team Epiphany has partnered with The LEGO Group on a myriad of strategy, influencer, and experiential projects. A highlight of these projects was the launch (and subsequent expansion) of the innovative LEGO® Center for Creative Flow experiential series. This adults-focused series encourages free-flowing expression and mindfulness through an exclusive LEGO build moment paired with awe-inspiring and immersive elements.

“People tend to see Team Epiphany and want to compartmentalize its offerings into ‘multi-cultural’ or ‘experiential,’ but when I met the team, it became clear to me that their deep appreciation and mastery of culture is an essential ingredient for contemporary brands focused on forward-looking growth,” said Justin Lewis, chair, Constellation. “I’m excited to welcome Coltrane, Lisa, and the entire team to the network.”

“We’re excited to become a part of Stagwell and its Constellation network, a company that shares our values and looks to further Team Epiphany’s longstanding commitment to aspirational marketing, embracing culture and impacting communities of influence through our work,” said Coltrane Curtis, founder and managing partner of Team Epiphany. “As the agency celebrates its 20^th anniversary, it was important to partner with an industry-leading company that believes in the growth and evolution of what Team Epiphany will become in the future while embracing our award-winning capabilities of today.”

Team Epiphany marks Stagwell’s first acquisition of the year following an acquisitive 2023 cycle with Movers+Shakers in November, Left Field Labs in October, Tinsel Experiential Design in July, and In the Companies of Huskies in April.

For more information about Team Epiphany, please visit TeamEpiphany.com and follow along on social @TeamEpiphany on Instagram and Linkedin.

About Stagwell
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.

About Constellation 
Constellation is a formation of best-in-class agencies within Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) across marketing services from data, insights, creativity, technology, and experiential that deploys itself to seize clients’ biggest opportunities and solve their toughest business problems at scale. The collective includes: 72andSunny, Brand Citizens, Colle McVoy, Hunter, Instrument, Jemini, Left Field Labs, Movers+Shakers, Redscout, TEAM Enterprises, Team Epiphany, The Harris Poll, and Tinsel Experiential Design.

About Team Epiphany
TEAM EPIPHANY is the award-winning, BIPOC-founded and operated, culture-first marketing agency specializing in experiential, brand strategy + positioning, influencer integration and PR amplification. Born in 2004, before the advent of Twitter and Instagram, Team Epiphany is the original influencer marketing agency celebrating 20 years of business. With 100+ employees and offices in New York City, Los Angeles, and Miami – Team Epiphany is one of the industry’s most reputable, trusted and culturally-connected agencies with a formidable client roster that includes American Express, Airbnb, Coca-Cola, HBO MAX, Campari, Amazon Studios, Peacock, LEGO and many more.

CONTACT: 
Sarah Arvizo
pr@stagwellglobal.com 

This partnership combines ARound’s connected, shared AR technology that has transformed live fan experiences for professional sports teams across three professional leagues – MLB, NBA, NFL – including the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Rams, Kansas City Royals, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, with Immersal’s visual positioning system (VPS) that creates centimeter-accurate, large-scale indoor and outdoor AR experiences.

“This partnership is a game-changer in the world of sports and live entertainment as we collaborate to make stadium AR experiences more accessible and ubiquitous to all fans and types of events,” said Josh Beatty, founder and CEO, ARound. “By integrating our fan engagement platform with Immersal’s robust localization technology, we can seamlessly create dynamic digital experiences that put fans at the center of the action while scaling to new audiences around the world.”

The integration of ARound and Immersal technologies yields greater access and broader use cases of AR experiences through WebAR, enhancing the overall quality and ease of integration for in-stadium entertainment. Fans can interact with live events in real-time, participating in AR games, accessing real-time game content, and enjoying shared experiences with fellow attendees, all from their smartphones without the need for a standalone app. Brands and sponsors will also now be able to connect with audiences in innovative, meaningful ways, enhancing their marketing mix and creating new avenues for engagement.

“We’re committed to innovating and enhancing AR experiences at live events and our technology, combined with ARound’s exciting platform, will set a new benchmark in how fans interact with live sports and entertainment, offering them an engaging and memorable experience like never before,” Matias Koski, CEO, Immersal.

This groundbreaking partnership heralds a new era in fan engagement, offering sports teams, venues, and brands an unparalleled platform to connect with audiences. Combining ARound’s interactive fan experiences with Immersal’s precision technology, the stage is now set for a revolution in live entertainment.

About ARound
ARound is a first-of-its-kind stadium-level shared augmented reality platform and is part of the Stagwell Marketing Cloud, a proprietary suite of SaaS solutions built for the modern marketer. ARound keeps audiences engaged by capturing their attention through immersive, interactive and shared experiences with fellow fans across the venue. Where other AR products offer isolating, singular experiences, ARound’s massive multi-user AR – which uses 3D spatial computing to localize content – redefines what it means to be part of a connected fan experience. It was the winner of Stagwell’s annual innovation competition which invests in new product ideas proposed by the network’s 13,000+ employees. ARound and the Stagwell Marketing Cloud are a part of Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW), the challenger network built to transform marketing.

About Immersal
Immersal, part of Hexagon, is building world-leading spatial mapping and visual positioning tools — the foundation of the metaverse. Founded in 2015, Immersal’s team is based in Helsinki, Finland, and working with partners, developers and creators across the globe to reimagine how we explore, interact and create. Immersal also has sales offices in Hong Kong and in Silicon Valley, California, and is expanding its presence and partner networks globally. The company was acquired by Hexagon in 2021 and continues to pursue the vision of a metaverse built and experienced by everyone on any device. Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.2bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

CONTACT: 
Sarah Arvizo
pr@stagwellglobal.com 

“AI is a quantum leap for creativity and productivity that will drive a new age of value creation for modern business. Stagwell intends to lead this transformation,” said Mark Penn, chairman and CEO, Stagwell. “Whether you’re a global player or a nascent challenger, developing an approach to the three E’s of AI is the best way to stay ahead in this year of competition, and there’s no marketing network boasting the breadth of full-service digital transformation and self-service AI products like SmartAssets to help clients adapt.”

Spanning its digital transformation agencies and AI-enabled product set, Stagwell has created a set of offerings to meet this demand, encompassing:

• Enablement Across Operations – Empowering organizations to unlock the potential of AI to streamline operations, elevate decision-making, and transform their proprietary data into a strategic wellspring for future growth.
• Efficiency in Marketing – Revolutionizing marketing dynamics through the intelligent application of AI across research, communications, media, and creative production, effectively reducing the cost of delivering precise messages to the right audience at the optimal moment.
• Engagement with Consumers – Using AI to create the future of consumer engagement, where AI-driven anticipation sets the stage for unparalleled brand loyalty and tailored brand experiences.

SmartAssets: Creating the Future of Creative Optimization
SmartAssets – the winner of Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s 2022 innovation competition – is a three-pronged tool empowering transformation across the Three E’s of AI. SmartAssets uses AI to extract creative components from ads, assess performance data, and optimize future ads for effectiveness with instant generative AI adjustments. Investment in the tool is already paying off, with top brands in discussion to pilot the resource in 2024.

“SmartAssets is the smart answer to the imperative for content and advertising effectiveness in an age that demands more anticipatory marketing,” said Lindsay Hong, co-founder and CEO of SmartAssets.  

Stagwell’s groundbreaking partnership with Google Cloud, first announced in October 2023, will fuel an accelerated development and sales pipeline for Stagwell Marketing Cloud’s newest startup, as the two tech giants partner to develop generative AI solutions for marketing services.

Brands and agencies interested in getting a preview of the platform can schedule demos with SMC on the ground at CES 2024. To request information, email ces2024@stagwellglobal.com.

About Stagwell
Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.

About Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Stagwell Marketing Cloud (SMC) is a marketing-focused, AI-enablement platform built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell’s (NASDAQ: STGW) network of award-winning marketing agencies, SMC’s technology empowers marketers to drive business impact by giving them intuitive tools equipped with proprietary, actionable data. SMC’s portfolio of solutions powers strategic customer research, communications, and media activation for brands worldwide by leveraging technology such as generative and predictive artificial intelligence, shared augmented reality, and more. Get your head in the cloud at www.stagwellmarketingcloud.com.

CONTACT: 
Sarah Arvizo
pr@stagwellglobal.com 

This new go-to platform offers a highly interactive view of the most current polling numbers. The user experience spotlights key data while making it easy to scan a vast array of information presented without bias. It offers the following features:

• A streamlined mobile-first experience.
• Access to multimedia content, including video segments and a podcast featuring the country’s top pollsters.
• Informative historical data from decades of election cycles.
• “The Takeaway,” a new weekly newsletter with polling analysis and insight from RCP’s team of experts.

Coming soon:

• Artificial intelligence (AI) overlay that allows users to pull from decades of RCP polling data for a unique, customized historical look.
• Ability to customize user experience by choosing which elections/races they are specifically interested in.
• Opportunity to sign up for alerts about the latest election polls.

Stagwell’s technology-first creative agency Code and Theory led the strategy, development, and implementation of the new polling experience, which includes a variety of custom and programmatic advertising units as well as innovative email content opportunities. Stagwell agencies GALE and Multiview are leading ad sales and direct brand partnerships that will monetize this new user experience. 

Code and Theory has a rich history of making digital advancements with 200+ publishers, including BBC, Bustle Media, CNN, and NBC News. In 2018, CNN partnered with Code and Theory to take its iconic Magic Wall to the next level during the midterm elections.

RCP co-founder and executive editor Tom Bevan says, “RCP Polling Average is one of the most cited electoral metrics by major news outlets. As we move into the thick of the 2024 election cycle and beyond, we are now able to deliver a fresh, cutting-edge experience for anyone who is deeply interested in the numbers: what they are, what they mean, and why they matter. And thanks to Code and Theory, GALE, and Multiview, we are able to provide this new platform for advertisers looking to reach business leaders, Washington insiders, and the tens of millions of our readers.”

Stagwell Chairman and CEO Mark Penn says, “It’s a special time to be doing this kind of work with RCP, especially ahead of the next presidential election. With this one-stop shop we’re empowering viewers and advertisers to use it as a reliable destination for news and poll results. Code and Theory’s advancements have already upgraded the overall digital experience and we know there’s a lot more coming.”

Code and Theory co-founder Dan Gardner says, “There is enough spin in the world. Getting the numbers from a trusted source matters and so does being able to convey that information in a clear and concise way. Code and Theory designed this new platform as a way to visualize and simplify complex data so readers can have much more clarity about polling data and what is really happening with the election. Our next AI updates are going to take the experience to the next level.”

About RealClearPolitics
Since its founding in 2000, RealClearPolitics has become the most trusted nonpartisan platform for political news. Washington insiders and interested outside-the-Beltway citizens alike rely on RCP as the authoritative source for reporting, commentary, and analysis on campaigns and elections, and they return for its presentation of all sides of pressing public policy issues coming to the fore in 2024.

About Stagwell
Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world’s most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our 13,000+ specialists in 34 countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at www.stagwellglobal.com.  

About Code and Theory Network
Code and Theory Network is the only network with a balance of 50% creative and 50% engineers at scale. The technology-first group within Stagwell Group is built to partner with businesses to navigate the complexity of changing consumer behaviors, emerging technologies, and AI. With a global footprint and the capabilities to work across the entire consumer journey, we crave the hardest problems to solve. The network included the flagship agency Code and Theory as well as Kettle, Mediacurrent, Rhythm, and Truelogic. Code and Theory clients include Amazon, Chase, Microsoft, MSNBC, NFL, Pfizer, and Zappos. For more, visit codeandtheory.com.

Media Contact
Sarah Arvizo
pr@stagwellglobal.com