type subsidiary of omnicom group industry advertising marketing founded 1947 headquarters minneapolis minnesota key people founders royce martin larry williams website www.martinwilliams.com martin williams advertising inc. is an advertising agency based in minneapolis minnesota . since 1998 martin williams has been part of the omnicom group . clients include payless shoesource raymond james syngenta cargill marvin windows simmons bedding company and p.f. chang . 1 contents 1 history 2 awards 3 memorable campaigns 4 references history edit martin williams was founded in 1947 by royce martin and larry williams . the pair had recently left mckenzie another minneapolis advertising agency bringing the creamette company with them as their first client . at the time creamette was owned by williams family . 2 in its early years martin williams focused on account service and media capabilities while shopping creative work out to freelancers . in 1960 larry williams sold his shares in the agency to royce martin and left to become the vice president at creamette . in 1964 don hagg joined martin williams as creative director and in 1966 hagg and steve martin royce s son took over the agency . between 1972 and 1977 martin williams went from 21 employees and 4 million in billings to 52 employees and 13 million in billings . in 1975 martin williams began a longstanding relationship with 3m later working with the company to launch post it notes . in 1980 marvin windows named martin williams as their agency of record a relationship now in its fourth decade . in 1984 martin williams employees david floren and tom weyl purchased the company . in 1989 martin williams was sold to gold greenlees trott and in 1998 became part of omnicom s tbwa worldwide network when the new york based holding company purchased ggt for 235 million . 3 in june 2005 veteran omnicom creative director tom moudry became president and chief creative officer at martin williams . 4 following the retirement of steve collins in december of that year moudry assumed the role of chief executive officer in addition to maintaining the position of cco . 15 year martin williams veteran mike gray was named the agency s president and chief marketing officer while tim frojd a 24 year martin williams employee retained his role as chief financial officer and chairman . 5 awards edit in 2012 martin williams won a silver effie award in the financial products and services category for its life well planned campaign for raymond james financial . 6 in june 2011 martin williams was awarded a bronze effie award in the good works nonprofit category for its work on behalf of finnegan s irish amber . 7 in 2010 martin williams won adweek magazine s buzz award for best use of viral marketing on behalf of client integrity windows . 8 memorable campaigns edit kemps it s the cows . marvin windows made to order . american cancer society butts are gross . 9 references edit vomhof jr. john 2013 05 29 . martin williams wins p.f. chang s account . minneapolis st. paul business journal . retrieved 2013 12 06 . creamette company overview . retrieved 2011 08 03 . omnicom at twenty . campaign . 2006 02 24 . retrieved 2011 08 04 . barr aaron 2005 06 06 . martin williams names moudry president cco . adweek . retrieved 2011 08 04 . barr aaron 2005 12 02 . collins to end 25 year run at mw . adweek . retrieved 2011 08 04 . http www.effie.org winners showcase 2012 6259 . missing or empty title help phelps david 2011 06 08 . finnegans campaign brings an effie to martin williams . adweek . retrieved 2011 08 04 . martin williams receives buzz award for integrity windows and doors viral marketing campaign . adweek . 2010 05 27 . retrieved 2011 08 18 . emmons steve 1993 11 17 . are posters too hot to handle . los angeles times . retrieved 2011 08 03 . v t e omnicom group global advertising brands bbdo proximity worldwide sellbytel ddb worldwide interbrand tribal ddb tbwa worldwide tbwa chiat day the integer group 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