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J. Walter Thompson

Formerly: JWT · JWT New York · Wunderman Thompson

Kind: Creative generalist
Parent: WPP (now part of VML)
Country: US
Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Walter_Thompson

Campaigns (15)

Campaign	Client	Year	Topic	Role
Food Safe Families (Check Your Steps) Credited as JWT New York; RBR, 30 June 2011 (launch). Food Safety News (June 2012) also names New York's JWT as the creative agency. Partners + Napier made the 2014 work. source	Ad Council / USDA, FDA, CDC	2011	Food safety	Creative
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 2 file(s), 1997, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council / Children Now; Kaiser Family Foundation	1997		Creative
International Executive Service Corps lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 11 file(s), 1986-1989, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council / International Executive Service Corps	1986		Creative
Energy Conservation lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 8 file(s), 1979-1984, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council / Alliance to Save Energy; HUD	1979		Creative
Operation Goodwill - Mexico lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 2 file(s), 1964-1965, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council / Consejo Nacional de la Publicidad	1964		Creative
American Red Cross Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 139 file(s), 1963-1996, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. The largest single-agency run in the file (139 files). source	Ad Council / American Red Cross	1963	Blood donation	Creative
NATO lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 4 file(s), 1957-1959, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council	1957		Creative
Crusade for Freedom (Radio Free Europe) lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 1 file(s), 1956, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council / Crusade for Freedom	1956		Creative
Religion in American Life lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 31 file(s), 1951-1970, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council / Religion in American Life	1951		Creative
Government Reorganization (Hoover Report) lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 2 file(s), 1950-1951, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council / Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report	1950		Creative
Armed Forces lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 1 file(s), 1949, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council	1949		Creative
United Nations Day lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 2 file(s), 1949-1950, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council	1949		Creative
Food Fights for Freedom lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 1 file(s), 1945, catalogued to Lennen & Mitchell; Arthur Kudner; J. Walter Thompson; Benton & Bowles; Compton. Shared with Lennen & Mitchell, Arthur Kudner, Benton & Bowles and Compton. source	Office of War Information / War Food Administration	1945		Creative
Nurse Recruitment lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 6 file(s), 1945-1951, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. Includes 'Facts About the Army Nurse Corps'. source	Ad Council	1945	Health workforce	Creative
US Savings Bonds lead Illinois Ad Council Historical File (RS 13/2/207): 1 file(s), undated, catalogued to J. Walter Thompson. source	Ad Council / US Treasury Savings Bond Division			Creative

Research notes

Historic record. Incorporated in 1896 by James Walter Thompson; acquired by WPP in 1987; merged with Wunderman in 2018 to form Wunderman Thompson, which WPP combined with VMLY&R as VML (Wikipedia). Historic Ad Council credits from the parsed Illinois finding aid (data/ad-council-historical-file-13-2-207.tsv); Ad Council house series (INAE, magazine/newspaper/poster cooperation ads) are not listed as campaigns. Credits checked 2026-10-22 against RBR (Food Safe Families) and the Illinois finding aid.

Sources

Record agencies/j-walter-thompson.json, updated 2026-10-22