PHD is a progressive media agency & marketing consultancy that combines creative & strategic thinking to help deliver disproportionate growth for clients. It was founded in London in 1990, as the first media agency to focus on strategic and creative thinking as opposed to solely looking at media pricing. Today it has over 100 offices in 74 countries. PHD was named Media Network of the Festival for 2020 and 2021 at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Locally PHD was ranked the number 1 media agency in New Zealand by global rankings company Recma in 2022. The PHD network is part of the Omnicom Media Group, a division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC).