News & Press / May 26, 2015

Agencies in Holland, Kenya and Latvia and the U.S. selected for ICOM membership

ROLLINSVILLE, Colorado, USA - ICOM, the largest global network of independent advertising and marketing communications agencies, has appointed four new members to represent the network in their respective markets. All four, Alpha Baltic, Riga, Latvia; Brainwave Communications, Nairobi, Kenya; Oxyma Group, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Windowseat Inc., Denver, CO, USA, met their new partners from around the world at ICOM’s annual World Management Conference in Dubai last month.

Membership in ICOM provides agencies the same benefits of a multinational global agency network while at the same time allowing ICOM members to remain independent. Agencies have immediate access to shared international resources and databases. Principals are encouraged to develop ongoing relationships with other member agency owners like themselves in a non-competitive environment.

All new members have a roster of clients that includes recognizable international brand names, such as Bayer, Hyundai, KLM, L’Oreal, Mattel, Toyota, Unilever and Vodafone, as well as local accounts in a range of industries from airlines, automotive, cosmetics and finance to food, retail, telecoms and toys.

Emma Keenan, who assumed the post of ICOM executive director, May 1, welcomed the new members. “It’s important for ICOM to have agency representation in all markets allowing all our members to offer a broad range of traditional and non-traditional capabilities to their clients wherever they need marketing communication services,” Ms. Keenan, who is based in Paris, said. “We chose these agencies to join ICOM because they share the values, goals and philosophy of our membership and are valuable additions to our network.”

Alpha Baltic, Brainwave and Oxyma Group strengthen the network’s geographic coverage in important countries while Windowseat, a content provider for digital marketing activities, adds expanded capabilities to the network.

ICOM is the world’s largest and most geographically diverse network of independent advertising and marketing communications agencies, with 80-plus member agencies in 60-plus countries. Annual gross income exceeds US$500 million.

Contacts:

Emma Keenan, executive director, [email protected] - Phone: 33-6-63-48-01-37
Nancy Giges, media relations director, [email protected] - Phone: 1-914-683-5108