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BBDO New York

Kind
Creative generalist
Parent
Omnicom
Country
US
Website
https://bbdo.com
Clients
Ad Council · Sandy Hook Promise · Prostate Cancer Foundation

Campaigns (5)

CampaignClientYearTopicRole
zill (teen mental health)
Ad Council release, 2 Mar 2026: films 'directed by Mister and developed pro bono by BBDO'; part of 'Love, Your Mind'. Campaign page (adcouncil.org/our-work/teen-mental-health) lists SXM/Studio Resonate, BBDO and Ad Council Creative Studio. Neither page names the BBDO office; trade press (shots.net, Shoot) says BBDO New York. caseId moved from love-your-mind to ad-council-zill (the zill case exists); the Ad Council places zill under Love, Your Mind, and love-your-mind credits BBDO too.
source
Ad Council / Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation2026Mental healthCreative
'Tomorrow's News' lead
Campaign US, 11 Dec 2017 (page read via Wayback snapshot; live page returns 403): agency BBDO New York; PSA on warning signs of people who may hurt themselves or others; follows 2016's 'Evan'.
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Sandy Hook Promise2017Firearm safetyCreative
'Foam Finger Give Away' lead
Ads of the World: BBDO, New York, published September 2012; static images. Pro bono status unknown.
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Prostate Cancer Foundation2012Cancer screeningCreative
Autism Awareness
SHOOT: 'Created pro bono by BBDO New York'. Found in the case credit re-check, 2026-10-22.
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Ad Council / Autism Speaks2008Developmental disabilityCreative
IAVA veteran support
SHOOT: 'Created pro bono by ad agency BBDO New York'.
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Ad Council / Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America2008Mental healthCreative

Research notes

Few health PSAs surfaced; zill is the squarely public-health one. Website bbdo.com (www.bbdo.com redirects there). Omnicom kept BBDO as one of its three global creative networks after buying IPG (closed Dec 2025); FCB folds into BBDO. Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages: zill (adcouncil.org release and campaign page), Foam Finger Give Away (adsoftheworld.com), Tomorrow's News (campaignlive.com via Wayback). Corrected 2026-10-22: Tomorrow's News year confirmed 2017 and topic moved to firearm-safety; zill source switched to the Ad Council press release, which states the launch date.

Sources

  1. https://campaignlive.com/article/tomorrows-news-sandy-hook-promise-bbdo-new-york/1452605
  2. https://www.adcouncil.org/news-insights/press-releases/the-ad-council-taps-teen-insights-voices-for-a-bold-new-approach-to-teen-mental-health
  3. https://www.adsoftheworld.com/campaigns/foam-finger-give-away

Record agencies/bbdo-new-york.json, updated 2026-10-22