Maxus was a global

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, with services including communications strategy, media planning and buying,

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, and marketing ROI evaluation. In December 2011, Maxus became

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magazine's Global Media Network of the Year. In December 2017, Maxus merged with sister agency MEC to form global media offering Wavemaker.

Company overview

Maxus was part of

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, eventually employing 150,000 people across the

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and

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sectors, and part of

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, the media investment management group that serves as the parent company for all of

's media agencies: Maxus, Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom and Xaxis. Maxus was officially launched as a global media network in October 2008, although it had previously been known as Maximize during the late 1990s in

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and had standalone operations in the United States and parts of Europe from 2005. Maxus had headquarters in

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, UK and

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. In 2011, Maxus launched an online community ''I am Maxus'' enabling its employees to work together via mobile or desktop platforms. In June 2017,

announced Maxus would merge with sister agency MEC. In September

announced the name of the merged agency would be Wavemaker.

Awards and recognitions

* Maxus scores 8 out of 9 in Campaign's Annual School Report, 2012 * Media Agency of the Year (U.S. Maxus) (Adweek) * Maxus named as one of the Ten Agencies to Watch in 2012 by Ad Age * Global Media Agency of the Year * UK – Brightest Star Campaign] * UK – One to Watch (Best Companies) * US – Excellence in Research for Church & Dwight (Advertising Research Foundation]) * US – Best Partnership for UPS and National Geographic (Mark Awards]) * India – Agency of the Year (Goafest) * India – Silver Lion for Tata Sky (Cannes) * India – Gold Search Award for Nokia (Yahoo!) * Australia – Best Paid Search for Shangri-La (IAB) * Poland – Silver Effie for Dogs Charity (Effie Awards) * Hungary – Bronze Effie for Aramis (Effie Awards)

Awards and recognitions (2015)

* Digital and Social Agency of the Year (Maxus India) * Media Agency of the Year (Maxus Belgium - AMMA Awards)

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