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Bruce Redditt
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Bruce Redditt is responsible for internal and acquisition-based business development at Omnicom Group, a strategic holding company of advertising, media and marketing services agencies operating in more than 150 global markets.
After joining Omnicom in 1998, Bruce led an internal venture capital team that secured strategic investments in emerging digital marketing agencies and was an original board member for Agency.com and Organic, now wholly owned by Omnicom. He later led the acquisition and development of The Marketing Arm, Davie Brown, and Serino Coyne and was instrumental in the development of emerging media strategies within several Omnicom agencies. Internally, Bruce consults regularly with Omnicom agencies, leading collaborative multi-discipline strategies and managing the evolution of agency services, including the negotiation of master agreements, with key clients. Externally, he is tasked with identifying acquisition candidates, content and distribution partners, emerging media trends and recruiting key talent.
Bruce has devoted his entire career to media, advertising and marketing services. Prior to Omnicom, he was executive vice president of Sony Pictures Entertainment during the launch of feature films for Columbia and TriStar Pictures and the distribution of network and cable television programming. He also worked on the multi-divisional Sony launch of the initial DVD and PlayStation platforms. Prior to Sony, he was senior communications officer for GTE Corporation (now part of Verizon), where he was responsible for brand advertising, public relations and investor relations.
Bruce serves on various boards including Buy.com, The American Theatre Wing (The Tony Awards), Transperfect and Market Share Partners.He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Florida State University, where he also serves on the FSU Foundation Board of Trustees and the College of Business Board of Governors. At his alma mater, he also serves as guest lecturer and mentor/advisor for students.
Omnicom Group (NYSE:OMC) was founded in 1986 and is known for the strength of its agencies and for the consistency of its financial performance and returns to shareholders. The company’s leading agency brands include BBDO, DDB, TBWA, OMD, PHD, Interbrand, Siegel+Gale, Fleishman Hillard, Ketchum and Porter Novelli. These agencies work on behalf such clients as Pepsi, AT&T, FedEx, Apple, Sony, HP and Anheuser Busch and are perennially among the most awarded agencies in the world -- they are also renowned for having created the most famous Super Bowl commercials of all time.
Omnicom Group was founded in 1986 and is known for the strength of its agencies and for the consistency of its financial performance. It is one of only 16 companies to have appeared on the Forbes Platinum 400 Best Big Companies rankings since its inception in 1999. Fortune ranks Omnicom as the leader within the advertising and marketing industry and currently ranks the company 202 among its Fortune 500 list.
