1976 as frankenberry laughlin bernstein & constable headquarters chicago milwaukee area served worldwide key people steve laughlin executive chairman mat lignel ceo rome seifert cfo dan fietsam cco services marketing revenue 225 million gross billings number of employees 220 website laughlin.com laughlin constable is an american marketing communications agency with offices in chicago and milwaukee . 1 contents 1 history 2 notable work 3 workplace 4 external links 5 notes history edit the agency was founded in 1976 in milwaukee and it entered the chicago market in 1998 and new york in 2009 . originally founded as frankenberry laughlin bernstein & constable changes in partnership led the agency to the name laughlin constable in 1992 . 2 laughlin constable began as an advertising and added public relations services in 1978 . it was named one of the nation s fastest growing agencies by adweek in 1993 . 3 in 1998 laughlin constable purchased n.w. ayer and opened an office in chicago . 4 in 2005 it acquired the chicago pr agency grant jacoby . 5 then in 2007 the agency acquired greenhouse a chicago based boutique agency . soon after the agency acquired kohnke hanneken an agency that was profiled in communication arts . 6 in 2008 laughlin constable developed a strategic alliance with mobium a chicago business to business agency that received much recognition including top agency of 2006 by crain communications btob magazine . 7 then in 2009 the agency s new york office was opened through the integration of partners & jeary . 8 9 10 in 2012 laughlin constable acquired the milwaukee based interactive marketing agency fullhouse 11 12 as well as milwaukee pr firm zeppos & associates . 13 14 laughlin constable also expanded in march 2013 by acquiring new york and new jersey agency filter advertising . 15 notable work edit in mid 2012 laughlin constable launched the no one deserves to die 16 viral advertising campaign for the lung cancer alliance . the goal of the campaign was to challenge the stigma associated with lung cancer that people who have it deserve it . the campaign proved extremely polarizing sparking coverage in countless major news outlets across the country including time 17 salon 18 perez hilton 19 and adweek . 20 media was placed in 31 markets across the country from telephone booths and bus shelters to cinema spots and online ads . 21 in 2011 2012 laughlin constable created a television spot for the wisconsin department of tourism with comedy director david zucker . the commercial was filmed at the riverside theater and featured the milwaukee symphony orchestra . 22 milwaukee based marcus theatres also donated time to air a longer director s cut of the spot . 23 for associated bank laughlin constable created a series of comedic television spots starring green bay packers quarterback aaron rodgers . the integrated program promoted associated bank s packers checking account . 24 25 laughlin constable was also responsible for the launch of miller sharps non alcoholic beer cited as the best in category campaign two years in a row by adweek magazine . 26 workplace edit laughlin constable has offices in two cities . the milwaukee office is located in the mitchell building in downtown milwaukee where the agency occupies five floors and the penthouse . 27 the structure built in the french second empire style was designed by milwaukee architect edward townsend mix and built in 1876 . in 1973 the building was listed on the national register of historic places . 28 relevant discuss only traces of the original interiors remain but the exterior has been thoroughly preserved . the building including the agency s space was featured by historic milwaukee in 2011 in the inaugural doors open milwaukee program . 29 relevant discuss the agency has been a member of the american association of advertising agencies 4a s since 1978 30 and laughlin constable staff members sit on several 4a s committees including digital production 31 agency finance 32 human resource management 33 new business 34 and project management . 35 the chicago office is located on michigan avenue . 36 the workplace was designed by gary lee partners and was published in interior design magazine s best in office design book . 37 the space is wide open divided into courtyards of workstations and lounges . the office has been lauded who for its tattoo inspired floor which depicts undersea motifs . 38 laughlin constable appeared on ad age s best places to work list in 2012 . 39 the agency received the alfred p. sloan award for business excellence in workplace flexibility in both chicago and milwaukee and it has been named one of the top 100 workplaces by the milwaukee journal sentinel for several years . 40 external links edit official website notes edit about laughlin constable . cole jeff december 3 1992 . agency sets up new unit promotion staff defects from dci . milwaukee sentinel . bednarek david august 31 1993 . agencies ad it up . milwaukee journal . laughlin s deal for ayer could make a big chicago splash . chicago tribune . january 28 1998 . laughlin constable acquires chicago agency . the business journal . february 18 2005 . kohnke hanneken featured in communication arts . the business journal . april 18 2004 . mobium picks up btob magazine s highest award for a 2010 print campaign . laughlin constable merges with partners and jeary . mediapost . september 16 2009 . jeary michael september 16 2009 . why we merged with laughlin constable . elliott stuart september 15 2009 . an agency merger may signal optimism . the new york times . kirchen rich march 21 2012 . laughlin constable acquires fullhouse . the business journal . o brien joyce april 9 2012 . lc stacks the digital deck with fullhouse merger . walker don july 6 2012 . laughlin constable acquires zeppos & associates . milwaukee journal sentinel . kirchen rich july 6 2012 . pr veteran zeppos sells to laughlin constable . the business journal . elliot stuart march 31 2013 . social marketing drives a new york renaissance . the new york times . no one deserves to die . who really deserves to die it s a trick question . july 2 2012 . who deserves to die . june 29 2012 . unusual campaign says hipsters deserve to die . june 27 2012 . deserve to die campaign puts lung cancer in spotlight . june 28 2012 . schrandt stephanie . the campaign that has people talking . nudd tim . airplane director helms new ad for wisconsin tourism . adweek . comedy director david zucker s wisconsin tourism tv spot set to begin airing jan. 11 . january 5 2012 . silvers amy october 11 2012 . edith scores with packers fans in ads with rodgers . milwaukee journal sentinel . walker don march 16 2012 . aaron rodgers new associated bank ad . milwaukee journal sentinel . miller launches sharp s sampling program . adweek . april 19 1993 . laughlin constable milwaukee . national register of historic places . doors open milwaukee . laughlin constable on 4a s website . 4a s digital production committee . 4a s agency finance committee . 4a s human resource management committee . 4a s new business committee . 4a s project management committee . laughlin constable chicago . the best in office design pdf . 2012 . p. 270 . isbn 0983326320 . kennedy megan may 12 2012 . seen & heard mazeppa muralist aims to keep america beautiful . post bulletin . laughlin constable is no. 26 on ad age s best places to work list . march 26 2012 . laughlin constable on milwaukee journal sentinels best places to work . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title laughlin constable & oldid 743336793 categories advertising agencies of the united statescompanies based in chicagohidden categories wikipedia articles that may have off topic sectionsall articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrasesarticles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from november 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article 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