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10.03.22

LEXUS RETURNS AS ‘BLACK PANTHER’ SPONSOR—THIS TIME TO PLUG AN EV

Lexus, one of the most prominent brand backers of the first Black Panther movie, is back for the sequel—this time using the movie to plug an electric vehicle.   The campaign, called “An Electric Future,” features the 2023 Lexus RZ 450e, the Toyota-owned luxury brand’s first battery electric vehicle. A 90-second ad features members of […]

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09.20.22

NBCUNIVERSAL LAUNCHES DIVERSE-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS AD PLATFORM

NBCUniversal today launched a new advertising program to support diverse-owned small businesses. The program, called Open Doors: Where Small Businesses Thrive, is a partnership between NBCU, agency Walton Isaacson and State Farm, with the potential for more partners to join.   Read more HERE.

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08.30.22

American Airlines Chooses Walton Isaacson as Its Creative Agency of Record

Amid Covid-19 curveballs in the winter and a turbulent summer in the skies, airlines have a lot of noise drowning out their day-to-day details and long-term plans.   As the travel industry dealt with an encroaching omicron variant during the 2021 holiday travel season, American Airlines named Walton Isaacson its multicultural agency of record. Attempting […]

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06.24.22

WI GOES TO CANNES

Albert Thompson represented WI at this year’s Cannes Lions in France.

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06.23.22

BLACK ENTERPRISE TOWN HALL

WI CEO Aaron Walton appeared on a panel moderated by Black Enterprise CEO Butch Graves as part of a series focused on Economic Equity and Social Justice.

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06.08.22

MCDONALD’S SERVES UP SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ+ ATHLETES, ASPIRING ‘MARKETERS OF COLOR

McDonald’s is doubling down on its support of safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community as the QSR chain works to increase the representation of people of color in the marketing industry.

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