Assembly was crowned U.S. Media Agency of the Year, reflecting the impact its investments in data, talent, and technology have had on its clients’ businesses. The agency achieved a record client retention rate of 95%, which has resulted in tremendous growth, securing $30 million in new contracts and 25 net new clients including Carter’s Cole Haan, Vera Bradley, ONE, Inogen and Brooks Running. Additional factors contributing to the win include:

• Driving the largest revenue growth yet in a seven-year partnership with Ace Hardware;
• Executing a rebranding and repositioning at the holding-company level in collaboration with partners at Elevance Health and;
• Launching a first-of-its-kind loyalty program that helped Vivid Seats distinguished itself from competitors such as SeatGeek and StubHub, yielding a 250% growth in repeat user base and quadrupled brand searches.

GALE won U.S. Advertising Agency of the Year for its remarkable blend of advisory/consulting services, media, and storytelling expertise – a model that has driven clear results for client partners such as Chipotle and MilkPep. Editors celebrated the impact of GALE’s work in 2023, including:

• Chipotle’s Doppelganger campaign which generated $4.8 million in incremental revenue for the brand and 
• MilkPEP’s Wood Milk campaign exceeded expectations, garnering 18,000 Instagram followers in a week and 77 million social views.

Congratulations are also in order for 72andSunny and Code and Theory who were recognized as honorable mentions in the Advertising Agency and Digital Innovation categories. The agencies have a proven track record of recognition for business and creative transformation.

“We’re thrilled to be recognized as 2024 Advertising Agency of the Year,” GALE President and CEO Brad Simms said. “We take pride in crafting creative, data-driven campaigns that deliver tangible business results, and this award underscores the incredible work our team does across the board to tell our clients’ stories in compelling ways while helping their businesses grow.”

GALE has been recognized several times for its 120% year-on-year growth rate, strong new business pipeline, and standout client work. Campaigns spotlighted by the agency of the year award include the data-driven email campaign Chipotle Doppelganger, which won a Gold Cannes Lion, and Wood Milk, a humor-infused campaign that sparked a cultural conversation for MilkPEP.

Top industry accolades previously earned by GALE include Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agency of the Year, Ad Age’s A-List, Ad Age’s Data & Analytics Agency of the Year, Adweek’s Breakthrough Media Agency of the Year, the Grand Effie and a Gold Lion.

For more information on the Campaign U.S. award, visit: https://www.campaignlive.com/article/advertising-agency-2024-gale/1866007

CONTACT:
Lindsay Bennett
lindsay.bennett@galepartners.com
917 497 5582

About GALE
GALE is a Business Agency. We bring business insights to brand storytelling and activate across every channel. With expertise in business strategy, CRM, loyalty, brand storytelling, integrated, performance, creative, and content marketing, experience design and media, GALE creates marketing systems and communications that grow businesses. GALE delivers strong business outcomes for its partners in automotive, QSR, retail, gaming, entertainment, telecom and more. Founded in 2014, the agency currently has offices in New York, Singapore, Toronto, Denver, Los Angeles, London, Austin, Kansas City and Bengaluru. GALE has received top industry awards including Ad Age‘s A-List, Ad Age‘s Data & Analytics Agency of the Year, Adweek‘s Fastest Growing Agency and Adweek‘s Breakthrough Media Agency of the Year.

As Women’s History Month – or what many are now calling Women’s Empowerment Month – reminds us of the invaluable contributions made by women in and out of the workplace, we’re spotlighting the female CEOs who are new to the network (or new to their roles!), to celebrate the talent and leadership they bring to our community.

Join us in celebrating the inaugural Stagwell Class of 2024: Liz Castelli, Co-founder and CEO, Tinsel; Sarah Mehler, Co-founder and CEO, Left Field Labs; Elspeth Rollert, CEO, Stagwell Marketing Cloud; Lisa Chu, Co-CEO, Team Epiphany; and Laurel Burton, CEO, Instrument.

Follow along on Stagwell’s website and LinkedIn as we highlight their invaluable business insights and fun facts about themselves!

This year’s winners reflect another transformative year of digital, creative, and tech-forward work from Stagwell’s network on behalf of leading brands including Amazon, HBO’s Max, National Football League, United Airlines, YETI, Tipico and more.

2024 award highlights include:

• 72andSunny named No. 8 on Ad Age’s 2024 Agency A-List after a breakthrough year of purpose-driven campaigns, including urging United Airlines to appoint “Sesame Street” puppet Oscar the Grouch as chief trash officer to highlight its sustainability initiatives, and the agency’s work for Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo video game franchise—an effort that culminated in driving the fastest-selling title in the company’s history. Additionally, 72andSunny’s partnership with the NFL throughout 2023 championed the future of the game at the Super Bowl and ultimately propelled flag football into the Olympic spotlight. 
• Code and Theory named Business Transformation Agency of the Year for doubling down on technology, striking expansive new partnerships and adding key executives to provide a true competitive edge. Examples of Code and Theory’s work that drove significant results for its clients include using AI to create synthetic personas to help European gambling platform Tipico break into the U.S. market, and boosting sales 14% on YETI.com after a complete rebuild and redesign of the brand’s e-commerce experience.
• Colle McVoy, a Standout on Ad Age’s 2024 Agency A-List, for achieving an 88% new-business win rate for the year with its branded practices of Exponent PR and 10 Thousand Design. In 2023, Colle McVoy created the first AI-powered recliner with La-Z-Boy that allows users to generate cancellation excuses via SMS text, doubling website traffic for the brand; tapped the former VP of Footwear at Yeezy to design the ultimate lawnmower shoes with Cub Cadet; and got people hooked on chicken feed with Perdue, elevating the brand’s no-antibiotics stance.
• Team Epiphany, a Standout on Ad Age’s 2024 Agency A-List, for evolving from a self-described “nomadic boutique shop” into a major full-service force in the marketing industry, driving culturalist campaigns for clients including American Express, Coca-Cola, HBO’s Max, Lego and Campari USA. Also this year Team Epiphany forged a strategic partnership with Hoorae Media, co-founded by actress Issa Rae—a move that the companies’ principals said would allow them both to scale their businesses.

“Congratulations to the teams at 72andSunny, Code and Theory, Colle McVoy and Team Epiphany for well-deserved recognition after another year of digital and creative innovation,” said Stagwell Chairman and CEO Mark Penn. “Thank you to our clients who continue to trust us to drive results for the most ambitious B2C, B2B, and DTC brands in the world.”

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:
Kara Gelber
pr@stagwellglobal.com 

To better serve its roster of blue-chip clients, Code and Theory doubled down on technology, struck expansive new partnerships and added key executives.

Code and Theory’s work drove significant results for its clients. Highlights include:

• Propelling Amazon Ads to be one of the company’s fastest-growing sectors, with a +26% increase in ad revenues in Q3, totaling more than $12 billion. 
• Boosting sales +14% on YETI.com after a complete rebuild and redesign of the e-commerce experience.
• Improving the perception of Con Edison by +20% as “leading New York’s clean energy transition” from the “Where Clean Energy Lives” campaign.
• Pioneering AI personas for Tipico, a European sportsbook, to deliver real-time ‘4th-party’ data that helped Tipico break into the U.S. market.

Code and Theory made significant moves throughout the year, inking a first-of-its-kind partnership with Oracle to deliver AI at scale while also developing deep partnerships with Figma and Yext to offer new solutions. Recognizing that inclusion is the biggest moral and ethical opportunity of our time, it launched Beyond Words, the industry’s first inclusive language guide and certification program.

Code and Theory was named one of Fast Company’s Design Companies of the Year. Its executives have been in demand, speaking at Davos, Web Summit, SXSW and other top events about harnessing AI and other key aspects of emerging technologies.

Code and Theory Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Dan Gardner says, “Technology remains undefeated in transforming the business landscape. We have always solved our clients’ challenges by focusing on technology-first creative solutions. It’s great to win an award that accurately portrays what we do for our clients every day. Business transformation is what drives impactful, long-term growth for our clients.”

Code and Theory CEO Michael Treff says, “We are at an inflection point for clients looking to undergo true business transformation. As an agency that is 50% engineers and 50% creative, we can not only meet our clients’ immediate needs but also put them on a path to harness technology for the long term. We can help them use technology to drive ROI versus being a cost center and drag on growth. Sometimes, it’s introducing new products and services that push toward the edge of what’s possible. Sometimes it’s the acquisition of customers. Sometimes, it’s repositioning the business itself. Often, it’s all of the above. To be able to innovate alongside our partners at the companies we work with each day is an inspiration. And when we see the impact of our work, that’s all the affirmation we need.”

Stagwell Chairman and CEO Mark Penn says, “Code and Theory knows how to impact clients’ businesses. They’ve been at the forefront of technology-led creativity for more than two decades. It’s their comfort zone. Their ability to build capabilities that drive business transformation and premium customer experiences is best-in-class. Whether it’s their partnership with Oracle to enable AI at scale or industry-leading collaboration with Figma, they continue to fearlessly leverage technology as a multiplier while others are scrambling to figure it out.”

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 includes the flagship agency Code and Theory as well as Kettle, Mediacurrent, Rhythm and Truelogic. Code and Theory clients include Amazon Ads, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, MSNBC, NFL, Pfizer and Zappos. For more, visit codeandtheory.com.

CONTACT: 
Kenneth Hein
press@codeandtheory.com