Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Guest Speaker: Chip Shumaker,CMO, Publicis

Tomorrow Chris Shumaker from Publicis is coming to speak to my advertising class. Shumaker graduated from Virginia Tech in 1982 with a degree in marketing. Shumaker started his career in account management working for several agencies in Richmond, Virginia. Shumaker was able to learn about an agency’s perspective of marketing. He then became the head of a marketing communications department for Hamilton Beach. This position taught him how to understand the client’s side. Shumaker also founded his own consulting practice helping advertisers find the right agency partner. Shumaker has a wide range of career experiences over his 25 years in the industry, which has really helped him differentiate himself. 


Shumaker joined Publicis in 2007. He is the Chief Marketing Officer and is responsible for marketing the Publicis Worldwide brand through business development and public relations. Publicis is a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Publicis provides creative advertising services as well as campaign planning and other marketing services. Publicis is an expert in with many different types of media, from print to digital. It is one of the world's three largest advertising holding companies and had 200 offices around the world. 

Publicis  has a wonderful reputation and is acknowledged for having some top notch clients such as BMW, The Coca-Cola Company, Terminix, and Procter & Gamble. Because Publicis is such a huge global company, the possibilities are almost limitless. They have endless resources and a lot of man-power. But sometimes size can be a challenge. Publicis has to make sure they don’t let their clients feel unimportant. They have to continue to stay connected with their clients.

Question: What are the differences between clients that are located in the U.S.A. and ones that are located abroad? Has it been hard to adapt to the different type of clientele?

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