{"id":58754,"date":"2014-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/leading-creative-ceo-to-speak-at-uri-march-24\/"},"modified":"2014-03-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-03-19T00:00:00","slug":"leading-creative-ceo-to-speak-at-uri-march-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/03\/leading-creative-ceo-to-speak-at-uri-march-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Creative CEO to Speak at 溏心vlog免费B站, March 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tJWT Worldwide CEO and Rhode Island native Bob Jeffrey to discuss “creativity and pioneering for the future”<\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I. — March 19, 2014 — Bob Jeffrey, Chairman and CEO of JWT Worldwide, is the man at the helm of the world’s best known marketing-communications brand and the guest speaker at the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business Administration’s 7th Annual Vangermeersch Lecture.<\/p>\n


\n\tFree and open to the public, the lecture will be held on Monday, March 24 at 7 pm in the Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences Auditorium, 120 Flagg Road, Kingston Campus.<\/p>\n


\n\tJeffrey is regarded as an ambassador of advertising and is widely respected for his views, achievements and absolute focus on creativity. The title of his speech is: “From Rhode Island to Madison Ave: The Creative CEO on brand building, creativity and pioneering for the future.”<\/p>\n


\n\tAs JWT celebrates its 150th Anniversary, Jeffrey leads the global network in a yearlong celebration aimed at galvanizing its employees, clients and the industry around the agency\u2019s pioneering history and culture of innovation\u2014roots that extend from the agency\u2019s founder, James Walter Thompson, who is hailed as the original ad man to achievements such as hiring the first female creative director to inventing the planning discipline and launching the first Kit Kat into space. Jeffrey\u2019s mission is to lead the company into the future by reigniting the agency\u2019s passion for inventing pioneering ideas that people want to participate in and spend time with. <\/p>\n


\n\tAs just one example of his pioneering philosophy, engaging personality and broad-based market understanding, he has taken JWT\u2019s values of pioneering and innovation on the road and online with Worldmakers<\/b><\/a>, the first original online video series to air exclusively on LinkedIn. Jeffrey hosts the series that features informal interviews and candid discussions with some of the world\u2019s most respected leaders and explores the convergence of advertising, technology and entertainment.<\/p>\n


\n\tJeffrey’s knowledge and experience of the industry led him to become a regular contributor to Fox Business Network, CNBC and CNN, as well as a frequent source of quotes for leading trade and business publications. <\/p>\n


\n\tAt JWT, he is responsible for over 800 offices and 10,000 employees in more than 90 countries; working with blue-chip clients such as Ford, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson, Nokia, Nestl\u00e9, Unilever and many others.<\/p>\n


\n\tJeffrey was born and raised in Providence, and received his B.A. in English at Manhattan College. <\/p>\n


\n\tHeadquartered in New York, JWT consistently ranks among the top agency networks in the world and continues a dominant presence in the industry by staying on the leading edge\u2014from producing the first-ever TV commercial in 1939 to developing award-winning branded content today.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe Vangermeersch Endowed Lecture was established in 2008 with a gift from Deborah Ciolfi ’80 in honor of her former accounting professor, Richard Vangermeersch, who retired in 2004 after 34 years of teaching at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nThose unable to attend the lecture can Watch it live online at 溏心vlog免费B站 Live!<\/a> <\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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