Rodgers Townsend Press Release

November 21, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Rodgers Townsend Hosts Forum For Advertising Students

SAINT LOUIS – Omnicom Group’s St. Louis-based advertising agency, Rodgers Townsend, is opening their doors for the second year in a row to local and regional college students interested in ad agency careers.

This year’s forum is called “Inside the Agency” and will give young people a chance to meet with agency professionals, see how an ad is made, and get advice from Tim Rodgers, CEO and cofounder. Part community outreach and part recruiting, the event is designed to give students an opportunity to see the agency environment, and the agency a glimpse into the future pool of talent.

Inside The Agency will take place Wednesday, November 26^th, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

For more information about Inside The Agency, please contact Jennifer Oertli at joertli@rodgerstownsend.com or 314.436.9960.

Rodgers Townsend (www.rodgerstownsend.com) is a nationally acclaimed, full-service marketing communications agency that delivers simple, actionable, transcendent creative solutions built on powerful strategies rooted in deep consumer insight. Founded in 1996, Rodgers Townsend provides strategic planning, advertising, direct marketing, interactive marketing and design services to a wide range of clients both nationally and regionally, including: Anheuser-Busch, AmerenUE, Argo, AT&T, Dean Foods, Energizer, Furniture Brands, The Hartford, Lockheed Martin, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, PBS, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Solutia, and Village Roadshow.

Rodgers Townsend is a part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) (www.omnicomgroup.com). Omnicom is a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom's branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, interactive, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

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