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Shaquille O’Neal Co-Founds New Ad Agency Focused on Diversity - WSJ
Called Majority, the agency will strive for a talent pool that’s 75% “black, brown, women and LGBTQ,” says Omid Farhang, co-founder and CEO.
WSJ, 03/03/2021
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The Story Behind BLK's Surprise Smash 'Vax That Thang Up'
Agency founder Omid Ferhang and BLK's head of marketing Jonathan Kirkland share the tale behind the beloved, spot-on parody.
Adweek, 07/09/2021
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Best Small & Independent Agencies 2022: Majority | Ad Age
Atlanta-based agency counts Shaq as a founder and has a remit to “put brands into culture and culture into brands.”
Ad Age, 07/27/2021
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15 Creative-First Agencies We're Watching in 2022
Adweek, 12/29/2021
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Clients
| Client | Start Year | End Year |
|---|---|---|
| Kids Foot Locker | 2022 | Current |
| MatchGroup (BLK) | 2021 | Current |
| Amazon Web Services | 2022 | Current |
| CDC Foundation | 2021 | Current |
| General Motors | 2022 | Current |
| The Coca-Cola Company | 2021 | Current |
| NBA (National Basketball Association) | 2021 | Current |
About
Not a multicultural agency. An agency for The Culture.
Agencies love telling clients to “disrupt the status quo.” Yet, when it comes to talent, for far too long, our industry has accepted the abysmal status quo of 25% BIPOC employees—and that number plummets to single digits as you work your way up the ladder to the C suite. Convention wisdom dictates that these legacy agencies and models own “general market advertising,” while the rest of us must accept our niche as “multicultural” specialists. But as demographics rapidly shift in America and agencies increasingly fail to reflect the audiences they serve, lack of representation isn’t just harmful to society, it’s also just really bad business.
So, as the old holding-company system embarks on a slow, murky journey of change, we are devoted to creating a new system that helps accelerate the rate of change in our industry. Majority is mission-built on a diversity-led talent model that aims to reverse the longstanding diversity ratio, turning the minority into the majority. We do this not just for a more equitable industry, but on the thesis that diversity is the ultimate competitive advantage for culturally disruptive creativity.
We are not a multicultural agency. Repeat: WE ARE NOT A MULTICULTURAL AGENCY. Majority is an agency for the culture. We weaponize creativity to put brands into culture, and culture into brands.
We are founded in Atlanta, one of the few cities in America where the minority is the majority, and where local culture influences global pop culture. We are co-founded by Shaquille O’Neal, a cultural icon who shares our mission: to accelerate the normalization of diverse faces powering the most creative companies in the world.