4A's Press Releases

4A’s Will Soon Debut Yearlong Leadership Program for Black Professionals

The 4A’s is debuting a program called Vanguard in November that’s focused on helping Black people in mid- to senior-level roles prepare for and achieve executive leadership positions. The inaugural Vanguard program is set to begin Nov. 2 and wrap up on Oct. 31, 2021. Dozens of agencies, including BSSP, FCB, Initiative, Leo Burnett, R/GA and Spark […]

Ad Industry Seeks Meeting With Apple Over Privacy

Original MediaPost article   Ad industry groups are seeking an “urgent” meeting with Apple to discuss the company’s planned privacy settings in the new version of its mobile operating system. Apple says the new system, iOS14, will inform consumers when an app wants to track them for ad purposes, and will ask people to either […]

Diversity: Brands Miss Big Picture When Choosing Images

Read original MediaPost article here:     While companies have spent the last few months scrambling to add diversity to their marketing efforts, new research from Getty Images shows that when it comes to visuals, consumers have very different ideas about inclusivity than your typical art director. Nearly 80% of the people Getty polled around […]

4A’s Executive VP of Government Relations on Defeating Washington D.C.’s Proposed 3% Ad Tax

Alison Pepper discusses how she and other organizations helped nix the D.C. Council’s tax that also would have included the sale of personal information, and why the fight isn’t over.   By Lindsay Rittenhouse and Max Sternlicht. Published on August 06, 2020. Original Ad Age article   Allison Pepper, executive VP of government relations for ad agency trade group 4A’s, scored […]

The 4A’s Praises Defeat Of D.C. Council’s 3 Percent Tax On Advertising and the Sale of Personal Information

The fight is not over though, as the organization’s Alison Pepper says she expects other states facing worsening budget deficits to introduce similar tax bills By Lindsay Rittenhouse. Published on July 28, 2020. In a final vote today, The Washington, D.C. City Council nixed, as expected, a proposed 3 percent tax on advertising services and the sale of “personal […]

$8.3 Million Dividend to be Paid to 4A’s Workers’ Compensation Program Policyholders

2019 was another great year for the 4A’s Workers’ Compensation Program, with covered payroll increasing to $10.8 billion, and insured employees increasing to 155,000 employees. The 4A’s Captive continues to enjoy a favorable claims trend while insuring more payroll for less premium again in 2019.  This overall reduction in the cost of insurance has provided […]

4A’s Challenges Nielsen to Maintain Separate National In-Home and Out-of-Home TV Viewership

Will Result in Negative Impact on Agencies and Marketers Networks Should Not Have Ability to Dictate Single Metric NEW YORK, NY, July 20, 2020 — Today, the 4A’s is announcing that the organization is challenging Nielsen’s decision to combine national in-home and out-of-home television viewership into a single data stream*.  This stream will be used […]

4A’s and VMLY&R Launch CX Council

Group will work to advance CX, provide inspiring guidance and help define careers   NEW YORK, June 1, 2020 — The 4A’s and VMLY&R have launched the 4A’s Customer Experience (CX) Council, gathering the most accomplished and influential cross-industry leaders in customer experience design to help brands and agencies transition into the experience era. “As […]

VoxComm: A Global Joint Agency-Association Announcement

Late payment. It’s not smart. It’s irresponsible. “Extended terms often come with consequences, including strained relationships with vendors, reduction in flexibility, and higher prices.…The business models and livelihoods of smaller players in the marketing supply chain can be threatened by extended terms. Such companies are not banks.” —Association of National Advertisers’ Payment Terms report, March […]

4A’s names Alison Pepper as EVP–Government Relations

Pepper succeeds Dick O’Brien, who retires after 19 years of industry advocacy   WASHINGTON, April 30, 2020 — The 4A’s has named Alison Pepper as its EVP–Government Relations, promoted from her role as 4A’s SVP–Government Relations. Pepper succeeds Dick O’Brien, who has announced his retirement after 19 years in this role, where he was the […]

Virtual Pitching & Working From Home |

As more and more of the US workforce is working from home/remotely, the 4A’s thought it would be helpful to consider what pitching virtually may entail and reached out to the Agency Search Consultant community for any guidance they might have.

4A’s Brings On New Team To Handle Marketing and Communications

Industry Veteran Donna Tobin and Jennifer Risi’s The Sway Effect Tapped to Lead Efforts to Strengthen the Organization’s MarComms   NEW YORK, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In an effort to build additional value and focus on making agencies matter, the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s), a membership-based U.S. trade association for the advertising and marketing communications […]