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Alma DDBs Luis Miguel Messianu to Receive Legend Honoree

Award at 9th Annual ADCOLOR Ceremony
DDB to participate as Gold sponsor at ADCOLOR 2015
September 15, 2015 | New York

DDB Worldwide, part of Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), is a Gold-level sponsor of the
9th Annual ADCOLOR Industry Conference and Awards that will take place September
16-19 in New York, NY. Industry professionals and thought leaders will gather to share
their expertise across a series of mixers, panels, and events throughout the conference.
The four days of programming include the ADCOLOR Awards, The ADCOLOR
Industry Conference, and ADCOLOR Futures.

This years ADCOLOR Awards will recognize Luis Miguel Messianu, Creative
Chairman and CEO of Alma DDB (part of DDB Latina), as a Legend Honoree.
Presenting this award to him will be DDB Worldwide Chairman Emeritus Keith Reinhard.
Pam El, Chief Marketing Officer of the NBA, will also receive aLegend Honoree award.

Its my honor to present this award to Luis Miguel, said Reinhard. Ive been
continuously inspired by his creativity and vision over the years. He has added greatly
to our industrys multi-cultural understanding.

DDB North America Director of Talent Julius Dunn, a dedicated member of

ADCOLOR, will also be participating in Futures programming as a Futures mentor

throughout the conference. Dunns involvement in the organization reaches back farther
than this years programming, as he was also honored by ADCOLOR in 2013 as a
Rising Star.

Winners of the 2015 Bernbach Scholarship Program will be in attendance on behalf of

DDB Worldwide. The three recipients, Lelina Manglapus, Chris Onesto, and Angela
Zou, will have the opportunity to network with their mentors at the Facebook New York
headquarters over breakfast during the week, and will also be in attendance at this
years ADCOLOR events including the awards dinner on September 19.

ADCOLOR is a nonprofit organization with a mission of celebrating diversity in the

marketing and advertising industry. ADCOLOR continues to work towards the
empowerment of diverse professionals in every stage of their careers with programs
designed to help them excel in their chosen profession. To learn more, visit:
http://adcolor.org
About DDB
DDB Worldwide (www.ddb.com) is one of the world's largest and most influential advertising and marketing networks. At
the prestigious 2014 Cannes International Festival of Creativity, DDB took home 87 Lions as well as Agency of the Year
and Regional Network of the Year honors for adam&eveDDB and DDB EMEA, respectively. In addition, DDB has been
named Agency of the Year numerous times by the industry's leading advertising publications and awards shows. The
Gunn Report has listed DDB as one of the Top 3 Global Networks for 12 of the last 15 years. The agency's clients
include Volkswagen, McDonald's, Unilever, Mars, Johnson & Johnson, and Exxon Mobil, among others.
Founded in 1949, DDB is part of the Omnicom Group (NYSE) and consists of more than 200 offices in over 90 countries,
with its flagship office in New York, NY.
ABOUT OMNICOM
Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE OMC) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicoms
branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and
interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to
over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.
CONTACT:
Christie Giera
Director of Corporate Communications, DDB
Email: Christie.giera@ddb.com

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