Ron Harrison

Ron Harrison is Director of Marketing & Communications for the Omnicom Media Group (OMG). Based in New York, he is responsible for a wide variety of tasks for OMG and its operating company networks, OMD and PHD. These include responsibility for the introduction and integration of OMG companies into the Omnicom network, OMG corporate brand marketing, the global management of all web-based communications platforms, and overseeing all management conferences and media training.

His background has all been in the media world, with broad category and client experience. He has been in advertising for 25 years, the last 17 with Omnicom units BBDO and OMG.

Ron began his career at Campbell-Ewald in Detroit selling cars for Chevrolet, tires for Goodyear and spark plugs for AC-Delco. He then moved to New York and spent five years on Madison Avenue with Ogilvy & Mather, working on clients such General Foods, AT&T, Kimberly-Clark and American Express.

Ron joined BBDO as the Media Director of the San Francisco office in April, 1984. In 1986, following BBDO’s successful pitch for the worldwide business of Apple Computer, Ron was the senior media representative on that account for over five years. He was lured to BBDO corporate headquarters in 1996 and moved to OMG in 1998.

Ron is an alumni of Michigan State University, where he graduated with B.A. and M.B.A. degrees. He is married and lives in New York with his wife and teenage son.