OMD SENDS NEW MESSAGE TO MARKETERS: “WE CREATE WHAT’S NEXT"
Omnicom Media Group agency OMD Worldwide, has unveiled its new positioning: We Create What’s Next.
Omnicom Media Group agency OMD Worldwide, the world’s largest media agency network, has unveiled its new positioning. It is staking its claim as the media partner with the vision, expertise, technology and scale to help brands deliver incremental sales and grow share in an increasingly dynamic business and consumer environment: We Create What’s Next.
Supported by a brand refresh — enabled by Canva — that features a contemporized version of its classic red logo, We Create What’s Next underscores OMD’s unique capacity to leverage shifts in how consumers discover, engage, transact and love brands in an era marked by rapid acceleration in retail media, connected TV, creator and influencer ecosystems, and new and emerging touchpoints such as Generative AI Search.
“We Create What’s Next sends a straightforward message to our teams, our brand partners, and the marketplace more broadly: OMD is building on our global leadership position and legacy of innovation to reimagine how and where brands can win with consumers for the next decade,” says OMD CEO George Manas.
The new positioning was rolled out during a global town hall hosted by Manas, livestreamed to 14,000 OMD employees across more than 100 countries. During the event, Manas also highlighted OMD’s 2024 new business performance, which saw the network earning $1.8 billion in total new business (wins minus losses, including retentions) and adding Gap Inc., Michelin, AliExpress and Turkish Airlines, among others, to its client roster.
OMD, which was first incorporated in the Middle East in 2002 with offices in Dubai and Jeddah, has grown rapidly in the region to now be a leader in its field both in terms of market share and new business activity. Last year, it added more than 10 new accounts including Pizza Hut, the Qatar Free Zone Authority and Asharq.
In the latest edition of the highly regarded Network Diagnostics report from RECMA (Research Company Evaluating the Media Agency Industry) published in November 2024, OMD was named the best performing global media network overall, marking the eight consecutive edition in which OMD had topped the Diagnostics report.
As reported in the Global & Regional Billings Projected 2024 report published in December 2024 by COMvergence, OMD Worldwide is the #1 global media agency network by volume, with $25.9 billion in global billings (+8% YoY). This 7. 9% increase over 2023 represents both the best rate of growth among the top five agency networks as well as the largest net billings increase among all networks, with $1.9b added over the past 12 months.
