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Merkley + Partners

Formerly: Merkley Newman Harty

Kind
Creative generalist
Parent
Omnicom
Country
US
Website
https://www.merkleyandpartners.com
Clients
Ad Council · HHS · CDC · NHTSA · EPA · HUD

Campaigns (4)

CampaignClientYearTopicRole
'Ultimate Party Foul' (underage drunk driving) lead
November 2015 TV spot shot on iPhones by Durable Goods 'working closely with ad agency Merkley and Partners'. A 2018 Messenger chat-story version was made with Snaps (not Merkley).
source
Ad Council / NHTSA2015Impaired drivingCreative
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Launched 20 April 2010; created pro bono, English and Spanish; drove to LeadFreeKids.org. Won ADDY and Communication Arts awards (Wikipedia).
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Ad Council / EPA / HUD / Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning2010Environmental healthCreative
Together We Can All Fight the Flu (H1N1 vaccination)
December 2009; created pro bono by Merkley + Partners; aimed at children, parents, pregnant women, young adults, people with underlying conditions and Spanish speakers. The live eNews Park Forest page no longer shows the credit; the Wayback copy does.
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HHS / Ad Council2009VaccinationCreative
Seasonal flu vaccination PSAs lead
Launched 10 December 2004; pro bono TV, radio and web PSAs driving to cdc.gov/flu and 1-800-CDC-INFO. Quote from Merkley Healthworks. Not the same campaign as the 2020- Ad Council/AMA flu case (ad-council-flu-vaccination).
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HHS / CDC / Ad Council2004VaccinationCreative

Research notes

New York agency; formerly Merkley Newman Harty; health arm was Merkley Healthworks. Website merkleyandpartners.com confirmed live 2026-10-22. Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages: flu 2004 (Infection Control Today), H1N1 2009 (Wayback copy of eNews Park Forest), lead poisoning 2010 (HUD release), Ultimate Party Foul 2015 (M&E). Corrected 2026-10-22: added H1N1 and lead poisoning campaigns; dated the flu campaign to 2004. Unverified (no page found that credits the agency): a December 2014 holiday drunk-driving PSA 'Neon Signs' for Ad Council/NHTSA (AdForum, blocked).

Sources

  1. https://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/us-department-health-human-services-and-ad-council-launch-flu-vaccine-campaign
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240918074226/https://www.enewspf.com/science/h1n1-virus-swine-flu/hhs-and-ad-council-launch-new-nationwide-psa-campaign-urging-vaccination-against-the-h1n1-flu-virus/
  3. https://archives.hud.gov/news/2010/pr10-082.cfm
  4. https://mande.net/es/btl/crafts/camera/durable-goods-targets-underage-drunk-driving-in-new-ad-council-psa
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkley%2BPartners

Record agencies/merkley-partners.json, updated 2026-10-22