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Area served
  
Worldwide

Founded
  
2000

Number of employees
  
over 2,500 employees

Parent organization
  
BBDO

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Type
  
Aligned with BBDO worldwide and a member of the Omnicom group of companies

Industry
  
Advertising, Digital Marketing

Number of locations
  
43 offices around the world

Key people
  
Chris Thomas, CEO of BBDO Americas & Chairman of Proximity Worldwide; Richard Fraser, Managing Director of Proximity AMEA; Mike Dodds, Managing Director of Proximity Europe; Nick Williams, Managing Director of Multinational Clients; Jennifer Dougherty, Director of New Business, Americas;

Subsidiaries
  
Proximity Barcelona, CHE Proximity

Profiles

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Proximity is the digitally focused direct marketing arm of Omnicom Group’s BBDO. Founded in 2000, Proximity began in the digital age and has a varied portfolio of digital creative work including digital advertising, search, strategy and planning, email, data and analytics and design.

Contents

They specialize in: Interactive Marketing; Mobile and Social Media Analytics; Branding; Email Marketing and eCRM Direct Marketing; Interactive advertising and design; Customer Segmentation; Search Marketing; Strategy and Planning; Technology Architecture & Integration; & Strategic Planning.

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History

Founded in 2000, Proximity worldwide has over 2,500 employees in 43 offices around the globe.

Proximity Worldwide is a member of the Omnicom group of companies and is aligned with BBDO Worldwide.

Chris Thomas, CEO of BBDO Americas, was named to the additional role of chairman of Proximity Worldwide in 2011. Thomas took over from Andrew Robertson, President and CEO of BBDO Worldwide, who had been filling this position.

Proximity Worldwide counts brands like HP, Mercedes, Bayer, Emirates (airline), The Economist, ExxonMobil, P&G, and Visa Inc. as clients.

Awards

Proximity Worldwide has been consistently recognized as the Most Awarded Agency Network from 2006-2016 at the John Caples Awards. They were deemed Most Awarded Agency Network at DMA Echo Awards in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 and from 2007–2009, they also were crowned winners of The Big Won.

References

Proximity Worldwide Wikipedia