advertising marketing founded 1970 headquarters winston salem nc ; pittsburgh pa ; detroit mi and new york ny boston number of locations 4 full service offices and 1 satellite office key people founder jim mullen original creative director paul silverman chief executive officer joe grimaldi president kristen cavallo chief creative officer mark wenneker chief innovation officer edward boches chief strategy officer lance koenig chief media officer john moore managing partner pr social influence sheila leyne services creative direct response public relations full service media social influence digital production and analytics . parent interpublic group of companies ipg website www.mullen.com footnotes references www.mullen.com about www.mullen.com offices mullen is an american advertising and marketing communications agency based in boston massachusetts . one of its more notable campaigns was creating the monster.com super bowl commercial when i grow up . the agency has also earned critical acclaim for its viral film pac man puppet show . mullen is a four time winner of adweek new england agency of the year . joe grimaldi is mullen s ceo . 1 mullen was founded in 1970 by jim mullen supported by the agency s original creative director paul silverman died august 10 2009 ; see 1 and then coo chief operating officer joe grimaldi and the agency s fourth partner edward boches . over the years the company grew steadily into the 22nd largest agency in the united states . it is a leading independent brand within the interpublic group ipg of companies . the agency provides creative media brand planning direct marketing interactive design public relations and marketing to women services for established brands and brands in transition . in 2011 the agency was named to ad age s a list as the third best agency in the country . in the same year fast company named mullen to its top 10 innovative marketing and advertising companies . the agency is headquartered at 40 broad street in boston where it moved on june 1 2009 following 22 years in a manor house in wenham massachusetts . in addition to its headquarters mullen has offices in detroit pittsburgh and winston salem north carolina . mullen has published a cookbook authored by its former executive chef liz walkowicz a culinary institute of america graduate whose daily gourmet meals were profiled in u.s. news & world report . in may 2012 mullen announced plans to open offices in san francisco . 2 the office will act as an extension of mullen boston under the direction of president alex leikikh and chief creative officer mark wenneker . on may 8 2015 mullen merged with interpublic group s global agency lowe and partners creating the mullen lowe group . alex leikikh who had been ceo at mullen became worldwide ceo of mullenlowe group . the merger was not made for purposes of cost cutting said leikikh this was about getting lowe into the us and mullen into international markets and liquid talent across the network . both the companies are doing fine financially and we are going to continue to pitch business together and add global revenues but what we really want to do is to focus on adding another one or two multinational clients to the roster . 3 the new company also has a wholly owned subsidiary in india the mullenlowe lintas group a marketing communications company . clients prior to the 2015 merger edit acura american diabetes association 4 ask.com 5 century 21 6 foxwoods 7 four seasons hotels and resorts 8 general motors 9 google 10 grey goose vodka 11 jetblue 12 laquinta inns & suites 13 lendingtree 14 massmutual 15 match.com 16 national geographic channel 17 planet fitness 18 the stanley works 19 tresemme 20 timberland 21 u.s. cellular 22 u.s. department of defense 23 zappos 24 references edit mullen advertising website noreen o leary may 21 2012 . mullen to open in s.f. . adweek . mehra priyanka august 18 2015 . the uncommon merger alex leikikh . mullenlowe . mullenlowe group . retrieved august 10 2016 . american diabetes association picks mullen . adweek . 2009 01 26 . ask.com and mediahub win best use of tv at creative media awards . mullen . 2009 09 24 . matt van hoven 2010 03 10 . one point advertising mullen lands century 21 social mrm lead agency . agency spy . mullen named creative advertising agency of record for foxwoods resort casino . american association of advertising agencies . 2010 03 31 . judy warner 2000 03 13 . checking in to mullen . adweek . what is mullen doing . tribble ad agency . 2010 10 09 . google mullen aim to turn frowns upside down . agency spy . 2011 11 02 . mullen wins global grey goose creative . adweek . 2012 03 28 . jetblue airways selects mullen as creative and media agency of record . jetblue press releases . 2010 05 03 . the tv commercial titled la quinta tarmac was done by mullen advertising agency . coloribus . may 2008 . lending tree taps mullen . advertising age . 1999 10 28 . david gianatasio 2006 06 14 . massmutual moves to mullen . adweek . match.com taps mass . shop for pr . adweek . 2004 06 02 . national geographic channels hires mullen for digital media . adage . 2012 03 19 . michael musco 2010 10 01 . mullen debuts first work for planet fitness . agency spy . stuart elliott 1999 05 26 . the media business advertising addenda ; stanley works shifts account . new york times . jack neff 2010 06 07 . alberto culver moves 250 million global creative duties to arnold mullen . advertising age . philip h. dougherty 1988 02 23 . advertising ; mullen will handle account for timberland . advertising age . morrison . maureen 2012 02 21 . mullen wins u.s. cellular after review . advertising age . mickey alam khan 2007 05 18 . mullen retains 50m account . high beam research . zappos.com salutes customer loyalty team in new ad campaign . zappos . 2010 03 12 . external links edit agency web site u.s. news & world report article on the mullen cafeteria fast company http www.fastcompany.com most innovative companies 2011 top 10 advertising.php v t e interpublic group of companies campbell mithun cassidy & associates fcb golin harris international gotham hill holliday huge ipg mediabrands universal mccann jack morton worldwide jay advertising mccann worldgroup mccann erickson mrm worldwide mullen advertising octagon r ga rogers & cowan the martin agency tm advertising weber shandwick retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mullen advertising & oldid 743626398 categories advertising agencies of the united statesinterpublic groupcompanies based in massachusettscompanies based in essex county massachusettseconomy of detroiteconomy of pittsburgheconomy of winston salem north carolina navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 13 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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