Laura Maness

Laura Maness

Global CEO at Grey Group
New York, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

Zusammenfassung


As Global CEO—only the sixth in the agency's celebrated 105-year history—Laura's building on Grey's international capabilities and AKQA Group's expertise while bringing people together from across the network to deliver breakthrough, high performance work for some of the world's most loved brands. In addition to shaping Grey's global strategy in 50+ countries, Laura is committed to building on the strong foundation of Grey's storytelling prowess and famously effective work by fueling a values-led culture of camaraderie, creativity, innovation and continuous impact.

Before being appointed Global CEO of Grey, Laura served as CEO of Havas Group's North American flagship agency, Havas New York, driving a culture of purposeful growth and steering a turnaround that earned the agency Digiday’s Most Innovative Culture, Ad Age’s Best Places to Work, AdExchanger’s Best Collaborative Agency Team, The Drum’s Network Agency of the Year, Digiday’s Employer of the Year—and, was the first major network agency in the US and globally to become a certified B Corp. She also oversaw several specialist practices including a culture-first creator studio (Annex88) and a data-driven customer engagement agency (Havas CX).

A recognized industry voice speaking at ANA, Ad Age, Adweek, CES, Digiday, Economist, S.H.E. Summit, YMS, Allyship & Action, HBR and more, Laura's accolades include: one of the first agency leaders to take 3% Conference's Pledge for Pay Equity; Working Mother of the Year and Changing the Game Quantum Leap winner by She Runs It; Campaign magazine Female Frontier honoree for Championing Change; Creativepool's Top Influencer of the Year, Top 25 CEO, Top 100 Creative Leader; Digiday's Top Boss for Worklife; a finalist for The Drum’s CEO of the Year; and, most recently, was celebrated as Act Responsible's Ad Industry Champion of Good at the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Laura ignites meaningful change as a sustainability thought leader and Board Director—her board roles span the world’s largest NGO for abandoned children (SOS Children’s Villages), high growth startups (GNB and Alembic) and nonprofits (B Lab U.S. & Canada, 4A’s and ACT Responsible). She's also a Village Global advisor/investor, a founding member of Chief, Women’s Purpose Community, Kindred and ForbesWomen Forum, and a co-chair of 50/50 Women on Boards—the leading non-profit global education and advocacy campaign driving the movement toward gender balance and diversity on corporate boards.

Laura graduated from Loyola University Chicago’s School of Communication (returning in 2019 to deliver the commencement address), and later completed executive education certificates from Stanford Directors’ College and Harvard University. She currently resides in Manhattan’s north end of TriBeCa with her husband and athletic son and enjoys SoulCycling, Pilates and bold California reds. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram @lauramaness chasing sunrises as a proud member of the #5amclub.

Positionen

Global CEO
New York, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
September 2022 - Derzeit hier (1 Jahr 6 Monate)
President
New York, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
March 2016 - September 2022 (6 Jahre 6 Monate)
Leading Havas New York’s flagship office with full P&L responsibilities for the agency, servicing some of the most recognized companies in the world including IBM, TD Ameritrade, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Reckitt Benckiser, The Hershey Company, NetJets, Keurig Green Mountain, Dos Equis, Edible Arrangements, among many.

Utilizing depth and breadth of leadership skills to drive culture, talent and innovation.
U.S. Chief Growth Officer
Chicago, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
March 2013 - March 2016 (3 Jahre)
Led new business development and strategic growth across the United States @havas and simultaneously served as Managing Director of Havas Chicago Group @havaschi.

Laura Maness leads new business development, organic agency growth and strategic brand building for Havas North America. She has nearly 20 years of strategic marketing and leadership experience ranging from digital pure-play agencies to globally integrated ad networks. Ambitious, focused, and optimistic, Laura has an insatiable appetite for winning. This competitive spirit and passion for reinvigorating iconic American brands has helped her augment Havas’ client roster with record new business wins and double-digit growth, all while becoming a first-time mother.
Before Havas, Laura was the senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Propane Studio, one of the fastest growing independent digital agencies with offices in San Francisco and New York. Prior to that, Laura oversaw a period of explosive growth for WPP/Wunderman-owned Designkitchen.
Laura earned a bachelor’s degree in communications and marketing from Loyola University Chicago. In her free time, she enjoys providing industry awareness and agency review guidance through her affiliations with the 4A’s and Mirren, and championing women in leadership through #ChangeTheRatio. 
SVP, Director of Business Development
Propane Studio
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
April 2012 - January 2013 (9 Monate)
San Francisco Bay Area
Led strategic growth and marketing for Propane Studio, one of the fastest growing independent agencies with offices in San Francisco and New York.
VP, Director of Business Development
San Francisco, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
2010 - 2012 (2 Jahre)
Led business development and organic growth for draftFCB/west across San Francisco, Seattle, and LA offices.
Director of Interactive Business Development
Chicago, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
2008 - 2010 (2 Jahre)
Designkitchen & Wunderman Chicago were strategically aligned as part of Designkitchen's acquisition by WPP Group in July 2008. The partnership resulted in a differentiated solution that integrated DK’s interactive expertise with Wunderman’s promotional, direct and CRM capabilities.

As an active member of Wunderman's Global PR Committee and Wunderman Chicago's executive leadership team, Laura successfully elevated Designkitchen's profile nationally and served as a key liaison for collaborative growth opportunities across WPP's global network.
Director, Business Development
Chicago, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
2006 - 2010 (4 Jahre)
As Designkitchen’s Director of Business Development, Laura led the agency’s efforts to identify and secure strategic partnerships that strengthened its expanding footprint in the B2C and B2B interactive marketplace. Laura brought over a decade of strategic marketing and business development expertise to Designkitchen, as well as a driving passion for building relationships and establishing interdisciplinary teams matched to each client’s unique needs.

Laura joined the firm in 2006 and as an Account Director led several large, complex integrated accounts across automotive, financial services, fitness, health care, hospitality, utility and technology categories prior to transitioning into a dedicated business development role and key member of the agency's executive leadership team. In addition to providing operational oversight and pipeline management, Laura was instrumental in building out a business development practice and establishing a proactive methodology that aggressively grew Designkitchen’s top-line revenue, roster and portfolio with the addition of, among many, Abbott, ABN AMRO, Aquila, Coventry Health Care, Exelon Corporation, Marriott Vacation Club, Methode Electronics, NAVTEQ, Sloan and Sears.

Prior to joining Designkitchen, Laura led the business development strategy and execution efforts for Black Dog Interactive which resulted in the wins of Ace Hardware, Bally Total Fitness, Citi, CORT Furniture, LPGA, McDonald’s and Weyerhaeuser. She began her career in account management for Giant Step (Leo Burnett’s interactive arm at the time), servicing one of the agency’s largest accounts, Oldsmobile.

Laura earned her BA in Communication and Marketing from Loyola University Chicago.

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Master Class

2011 (1 Jahr)
Working in the creative industry today, you need to stay up to date with the latest trends in interactive media, leadership and fully understand how to create efficiency within your organization. Everyday is a new challenge. Interactive media are crucial platforms for your business development and long-term success. The Hyper Island Master Class will prepare you for these challenges. The Hyper Island Master Class is an intensive three-day program for professionals focusing on how to create efficiency within your organization and using interactive media as a tool for achieving high growth and ensuring long-term success. Hyper Island offers the Open Master Class in Karlskrona (Sweden), London (UK), New York (US) and Los Angeles (US).

BA in Marketing, Communications, Advertising

Div I full scholarship

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