McGee's Symantec Group to Be a Unit Inside JWT

While they admit it’s unusual, those involved in the shift of Ogilvy & Mather chairman Jerry McGee and some staffers to sister L.A. agency J. Walter Thompson insist the move does not foreshadow a consolidation of the WPP Group shops here.

Even so, the creation of what amounts to a separate unit within JWT raises questions about the immediate and long-term future of Ogilvy’s L.A. office.

McGee and at least 10 others are making the move to accommodate Symantec, which is shifting its estimated $30 million account from Ogilvy to JWT [Adweek, Aug.