Uni World Group - Timeline

Timeline

  • 1969- Byron Lewis opens UniWorld Group, Inc. with one account: Smirnoff Vodka. Billings are $400k.
  • 1970- UniWorld creates groundbreaking campaign and slogan for the movie Shaft.
  • 1971- UniWorld lands first media strategy assignment for Kenneth Gibson, the first black Mayor of Newark, NJ.
  • 1974- Lewis creates Black radio series Sounds of the City, for New York’s WBLS-FM. Gross Billings reach $1M.
  • 1975- UniWorld creates first TV spot for Avon.
  • 1976- Lewis partners with National Black Network for the first on-site black radio and press coverage of Democratic and Republican presidential conventions.
  • 1977- UniWorld Entertainment, a production company is created.
  • 1978- General Foods (now Kraft Foods) becomes a client.
  • 1979- UniWorld acquires first Hispanic account for Avon.
  • 1983- $30-million contract signed with Burger King, largest contract to date.
  • 1984- UniWorld creates Jesse Jackson’s first presidential campaign. America’s Black Forum (ABF), a TV offshoot of the 1976 radio program, is nationally syndicated. Also Kodak signs on for a 4 million dollar contract.
  • 1986- Lincoln-Mercury and Eastman & Kodak (AA and Hispanic) become clients.
  • 1989- UniWorld moves to current location in SoHo.
  • 1990- Colgate-Palmolive becomes a client.
  • 1993/94- Over fifty general market commercials developed for Burger King.
  • 1995- With an $11 million contract for Mars, 3 Musketeers becomes Uniworld’s first general market agency of record account.
  • 1996- Ford Motor Company hires UniWorld to launch new campaign.
  • 2000- One of the last 100% Black-owned companies, UniWorld joins WPP. Named "Agency of the Year" in Black Enterprise Magazine.
  • 2001- The United States Marine Corps becomes a client.
  • 2002- Healthcare division launched.
  • 2005- "Aloud" Campaign created for HSBC, UniWorld’s first GLBT advertising campaign.
  • 2006- Time Warner Cable enlists UniWorld for "Power of You" launch.
  • 2008- UniWorld creates the first commercial for the United States Marine Corps to directed towards an African-American market.
  • 2009- UniWorld moves to Brooklyn, NY

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