"Regardless of the restrictions, teams are still asking themselves, ‘What is the main message we want the consumers, the patients, to hear?’ That doesn’t change.” McKinney Managing Director Michael McNamara weighed in for MM+M on how Pharma marketers should be navigating the evolving FDA regulations on DTC advertising. Read more from Jameson Fleming: https://lnkd.in/ebGBk5DM
McKinney
Advertising Services
Durham, NC 34,035 followers
Full-service creative agency. Ad Age A-List Agency Standout, Best Places to Work & Fast Co Best Workplaces. B Corp.
About us
McKinney is a full-service creative agency that generates unfair attention for brands. In 2024 and 2025, McKinney was named to both Ad Age’s A-List and its list of Best Places to Work – two years in a row – and was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2024, reinforcing the agency's commitment to providing an exceptional workplace culture where employees thrive and creativity flourishes. McKinney Health, the agency’s Pharma and Wellness practice launched in 2022, was named as the Manny's 2025 Agency of the Year, Category III. McKinney is part of the Cheil network and has offices across North America, including Durham, New York, Dallas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Toronto. McKinney has been recognized by Cannes Lions, Effies, The One Show, D&AD, ANDY, CLIO, LIA, the Shortys, and The Webby Awards, among others. Client partners include brands such as Popeyes, Blue Diamond Growers, Little Caesars, Pampers, Henkel, Samsung, Indivior, Sherwin-Williams, Biogen and the Ad Council. For more information, visit mckinney.com.
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- Industry
- Advertising Services
- Company size
- 201-500 employees
- Headquarters
- Durham, NC
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1969
- Specialties
- Getting Unfair Attention For Brands, Creative, Influencer, Social Media, Media, and Production
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Updates
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McKinney is once again a Champion Level sponsor The One Club for Creativity’s Where Are All The Black People. McKinney's Executive Director, EDIB Chandra Guinn, will moderate the closing panel of industry leaders, including Adrianne C. Smith, Nichole Barnes Marshall, and Jeff Marshall. The session will explore the systemic challenges for Black women in corporate America and action-driven strategies for an equitable future.
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Executive Director Darcy McCarthy and Group Strategy Director Katie Perkinson are headed to HLTH USA, October 19 - 22 in Las Vegas! Let us know if we will see you there! www.hlth.com/events/usa
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Celebrating Eczema Awareness Month with a powerful new campaign from detergent brand all® Laundry and Danielle Jonas 🧺👏 We’re spotlighting eczema — this time, through the lens of the importance of laundry care with all® laundry. Danielle is sharing “skin-friendly tips for the whole family” on behalf of all® free clear laundry detergent, known as the leading detergent for sensitive skin. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gTGGz6hn
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Gabriel Salomon Ramirez, Marketing & Business Development, is joining the jury for Lions in the Desert 🔥🦁🏜️ The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity event hosted in collaboration with Arizona State University celebrates and elevates emerging creative talent from across the region.
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McKinney has picked up its first awards on the Canadian circuit — winning twice at the Applied Arts Media Awards for Pickle Quest for Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen 🙌🏆🥒 Congratulations to the clients and the team behind the work!
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McKinney Director, Recruiting Melissa Shaheen has been selected to join the jury for the 2025 Digiday Worklife Awards 👏 This award recognizes companies and individuals that are shaping the future of workplace culture. We look forward to seeing the teams that Melissa and her fellow jurors recognize for raising the bar across the industry 🙌
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McKinney has been named a 2x winner at The Creative Floor Awards! 🏆 “Open Books” – Indivior Sublocade 🏆 “More Is Possible” – Biogen Spinraza These campaigns were recognized for their creativity and impact in healthcare marketing! Congratulations to our clients and the teams behind the work 👏
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Joe Maglio CEO of the Cheil Agency Network, McKinney, and Barbarian joined Justin Thomas-Copeland, CEO of the 4As, for a fireside chat at this year’s 4A’s StratFest. The conversation covered the evolving role of strategy, navigating the pace of change, and what’s ahead for agencies and clients.
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“There is a very different energy around the [50-plus] age group that’s really filtered across all kinds of ecosystems — beauty brands, fashion brands, food brands. They’re a much more vital consumer base than they were seen as before.” McKinney Executive Director Anita Schillhorn van Veen discusses with ROAR Forward that while there has been some progress in recent years with fiftysomething celebrities like Chloe Sevigny, Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman, fashion veterans say age representation in advertising remains an uphill battle. Read more here: https://roarforward.com/
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