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Meet the

2015 Innovators!

This year’s INNOVATORS are transforming our concepts of a contemporary advertising agency business. This

extraordinary group of 30 individuals from all corners of the globe are embracing change and making a difference

for their agencies and for their clients. Today, innovation is integral to so many new disciplines that underscore

the breadth of expanding agency responsibilities- content creation, programmatic buying, analytics, strategy,

ecommerce, mobility, as well as creative, media, digital, and, of course, inspirational leadership that embraces

future vision.

Without question, we’re seeing a greater focus on sophisticated and specialized content creation, as well as a

trend in new leaders who operate at the intersection of innovation, technology and creativity. Interestingly, this

year’s innovation hubs are centered in New York, Los Angeles, London, Shanghai and several Canadian cities.

INNOVATORS are critical to moving our business forward.

Every year since 2006, The Internationalist has named those agency executives who have the rare ability to rethink

current notions of brand building by simplifying complex internal processes, encouraging collaboration, managing

risk while working in the midst of fast change, keeping sight of “the big idea,” championing multinational strategy,

and involving customers directly in the creative process.

INNOVATORS underscore how breakthrough thinking knows no bounds of geography, age, company size, or title

within today’s agency organizations.

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