Starcom MediaVest Group launch Zero Dot

Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) announced today that it has launched a new unit at the company, Zero Dot, a new generation of brand consulting, experience design, strategy and original creation of content.

Zero Dot, led by Jonathan Hoffman, SMG President, Experience Design, the unit provides a new way for brands to think about creativity and ideas and its work is inherently designed for the digital age, across multiple screens—social and participatory at the core. Designed to work quickly, in an integrated fashion with a fast, agile process, Zero Dot yields ideas for clients who can take them to market faster than typical integrated marketing approaches.

“Consumers are at the centre of everything we do,” says Laura Desmond, SMG CEO. “Keeping ahead of their pace of change and connecting with them in real-time is a part of our DNA. Today’s converged media world has created a need for more agile, multidisciplinary solutions, which is where Zero Dot comes in—serving as a consultancy that can create a new breed of experiences and catalyse speed to market so brands can engage today’s consumers in the moment.

Zero Dot will collaborate with all SMG agencies and Centres of Excellence (COE) and joins a strong group of emerging media and content units at the company, including Liquid Thread; SMG’s global data and analytics COE; its emerging mobile and social COE; Big Fuel, SMG’s social agency; and its Search COE. Zero Dot will expand globally throughout 2014.