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| Type | Private |
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| Founded |  San Francisco, California (February 14, 1995) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Key people | Tom Bedecarré, CEO Ajaz Ahmed, Chairman Lester Feintuck, CFO |
| Industry | Advertising |
| Revenue | 98 Million USD (2006)[1] |
| Website | www.akqa.com |
AKQA is an American privately held company, specializing in many disciples of interactive marketing, including interactive experiences and customer relationship management, e-commerce and technology services, media, search and analytics, interface design and content creation and distribution. Their expertise is not just limited to digital marketing, however, they have also helped create, fully integrated and experiential campaigns on behalf of their clients as well.
The company was founded in October 1995 in London by Ajaz Ahmed (current acting Chairman), James Hilton (current acting Chief Creative Officer), Dan Norris-Jones and Matthew Treagus under the original name Digital Marketing Ltd.
In 2001, AKQA formed a strategic alliance with global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company Accenture and merged with San Francisco based advertising agency Citron Haligman Bedecarré, Magnet Interactive, one of the United States' first and largest independent Web-builders and e-commerce applications providers as well as the fast-growing Asian new media agency: The AdInc to form AKQA, Inc.[2]
The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Washington D.C, New York, London, Amsterdam, and Shanghai with 750 full-time employees. AKQA specializes in internet and digital marketing, serving numerous clients including Coca-Cola, Fiat, McDonald's, Microsoft, Nike, Inc., and Visa[3]. One of the company's most visible non-advertising projects was the design of the user interface for the Xbox 360 video game console[4].
They have since received the honour of being named the agency of the Year of both sides of the Atlantic at the same time, two years running. AKQA was named Agency of the Decade by Revolution magazine in May 2007. They are one of the world's most awarded agencies.[5]
References
- ^ Top 50 Interactive Agencies. Advertising Age Magazine. Retrieved on July 20, 2007.
- ^ "AKQA, a New Global Marketing Company is Launched - Creates Strategic Alliance with Accenture". http://newsroom.accenture.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=3705.
- ^ http://www.akqa.com. List of clients from AKQA Official Website. Retrieved on July 17, 2007.
- ^ "AKQA Unveils Innovative Interface for new Xbox 360(R)." Prnewswire. Retrieved on July 17, 2007.
- ^ "AKQA - Company Profile on LinkedIn". http://www.linkedin.com/companies/akqa.
External links
- Growing Business meets Ajaz Ahmed Web pioneer Ahmed reveals how he built the £73m turnover creative agency big brands love.
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