NETWORK

Worldwide Partners

overview: independent agency network

 
 

Our mission is clear: To help make your agency and clients great by enhancing profits, revenue and fulfillment. We're the world's largest owner-operated agency network and the 9th largest network overall - public or private: $3.2 billion in billings, 85 agencies, 51 countries across Asia, EMEA, Latin America and North America. Agency partners own the network, and we're structured for global business with senior, full-time regional directors and HQ staff.

Founded in 1938, we have some of the best agencies in the world. Recent honors include:

  • Best Small Agency of The Decade in the U.S. (Butler Shine Stern & Partners)
  • Best Independent Agency in China. (WE Worldwide Partners)
  • Of the 7 independent agencies that won Gold Effies in 2009, 3 of them were Worldwide Partners agencies
  • Worldwide Partner agency (Grupo Zapping Comunicación) in Spain was a silver finalist at the Cannes Lions International Festival, and won a silver award at The One Show
  • Worldwide Partner agencies receive 42 awards at the US ADDY's (18 gold, 23 silver and one best of show
  • 3 Worldwide Partner agencies win Radio Mercury Awards including the Grand Prize
  • Best Small Agency in the U.S. Midwest (Preston Kelly)
  • Best Agency in Scotland four of the past five years (The Union)
  • Best agencies of the year in The Ukraine and Sweden (PROVID and Blomquist Annonsbyrå)

As a highly collaborative and responsive network, we can help you: grow current clients, attract/win new business, save money on products and services, train employees, enhance learning and best practices, increase agency visibility, improve creative, implement research and media, outsource work, strengthen financials, improve operations, and plan mergers and acquisitions - to name a few. We'll give you more leverage, resources, outreach and firepower than you have as a stand-alone shop without giving up ownership. Whether you have international business or not, we can help you with virtually every aspect of your business.