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1.2 Meet Our Agency Partner: SS+K<br />

LEARNING OBJECTIVE<br />

After study<strong>in</strong>g this section, students should be able to do the follow<strong>in</strong>g:<br />

1. Characterize the Shepardson, Stern <strong>and</strong> Kam<strong>in</strong>sky (SS+K) organization, a creatively-driven strategic<br />

communications firm, <strong>and</strong> how it works to secure clients.<br />

Get to know Shepardson, Stern <strong>and</strong> Kam<strong>in</strong>sky (SS+K) as it works on a campaign for msnbc.com, a<br />

media br<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> search of an identity. SS+K opened its doors <strong>in</strong> 1993 <strong>and</strong> now has offices <strong>in</strong> New<br />

York, Boston, <strong>and</strong> Los Angeles. With over $70 million <strong>in</strong> bill<strong>in</strong>gs, SS+K is an <strong>in</strong>dependent agency<br />

owned by its partners, with a m<strong>in</strong>ority ownership by Creative Artists Agency (CAA)—perhaps the<br />

most powerful talent <strong>and</strong> literary agency <strong>in</strong> the world. CAA also owns the Intelligence Group, a<br />

market research <strong>and</strong> trend forecast<strong>in</strong>g company.<br />

Figure 1.3<br />

SS+K’s Web site is an immersive <strong>in</strong>troduction to the history <strong>and</strong> offer<strong>in</strong>gs of the agency. You<br />

can f<strong>in</strong>d it at ssk.com.<br />

For this text, we <strong>in</strong>terview the agency partners, the creative director, the account people, the creative<br />

team (copywriter <strong>and</strong> art director), the public relations experts, the account planners <strong>and</strong> research<br />

Saylor URL: http://www.saylor.org/books<br />

Saylor.org<br />

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