Outsider Agencies Are Drawn to NYC Like Moths to a Flame

Hard to get respect

Inspiration meets innovation at Brandweek, the ultimate marketing experience. Join industry luminaries, rising talent and strategic experts in Phoenix, Arizona this September 23–26 to assess challenges, develop solutions and create new pathways for growth. Register early to save.

New York is a humbling market—but big fish from smaller ponds just can’t seem to stay away.

Take Leo Burnett, for example. Its New York office’s biggest account win since opening in 2011—Chobani yogurt—left slightly more than a year after arriving. Now, on the eve of its second anniversary next month, the office’s staff numbers only 25, and much of its work, for the likes of Allstate and Kellogg’s, flows from accounts based in the shop’s Chicago headquarters.

AW+

WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.

Subscribe today!

To Read the Full Story Become an Adweek+ Subscriber

View Subscription Options

Already a member? Sign in