McKinney

McKinney is an advertising agency based in Durham, North Carolina, with offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Phoenix. History The agency was founded in 1969 as McKinney & Silver by Charles "Chick" McKinney & Mike Silver. The agency was later renamed McKinney and has been part of Cheil Worldwide since 2012. McKinney moved from Raleigh, North Carolina, to the American Tobacco Campus in Durham, NC in 2004. Ten years later, McKinney CEO Brad Brinegar appeared in the short documentary "Because No One Else Would," which was produced by Goodtree & Company and Horizon Productions to celebrate the restoration anniversary of the American Tobacco factory. In 2012, McKinney was named the most effective independent agency in the world by the Effie Awards and Warc. In 2013, McKinney's creation of the Mezamashii Run Project for its client, Mizuno, led to that company being recognized as the most effective brand in North America.