{"id":9030,"date":"2022-02-03T18:37:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T18:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10151\/?p=9030"},"modified":"2022-02-14T18:41:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T18:41:40","slug":"um-ceo-rachel-forde-on-media-buying-as-a-force-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jp.umww.com\/en\/thought-leadership\/um-ceo-rachel-forde-on-media-buying-as-a-force-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"UM CEO Rachel Forde on media buying as a force for good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With businesses buying into advertising as a growth driver, the CEO of UM says purposeful media choices could be the key to winning hearts and minds.<\/p>\n<p>For most industries, the two years of the pandemic have felt like an unprecedented shock. Rachel Forde, who\u2019s spent half of her four-year tenure as CEO of UM helping the agency and its clients to navigate the pandemic, sees things slightly differently. For media agencies, the impact of COVID-19 has been less damaging than it might have been \u2013 because of the experience of another crisis just over a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>For most industries, the two years of the pandemic have felt like an unprecedented shock. Rachel Forde, who\u2019s spent half of her four-year tenure as CEO of UM helping the agency and its clients to navigate the pandemic, sees things slightly differently. For media agencies, the impact of COVID-19 has been less damaging than it might have been \u2013 because of the experience of another crisis just over a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campaignlive.co.uk\/article\/um-ceo-rachel-forde-media-buying-force-good\/1738655\">Campaign UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With businesses buying into advertising as a growth driver, the CEO of UM says purposeful media choices could be the key to winning hearts and minds. 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