Newly Formed Ad Agency Will Handle Global Ads For Chevrolet, Will Be Based In Detroit

After an extensive review, General Motors has contracted another company to handle its global creative marketing efforts — a job previously held by no fewer than 70 agencies worldwide. And that agency is Commonwealth, and it’s based out of Detroit, Michigan.

Commonwealth is in fact a 50-50 joint venture, combining San Francisco-based Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, an Omnicom Group company, and New York-based McCann Erickson Worldwide, an Interpublic Group company. According to GM, it’s the first of its kind. Commonwealth will work closely with Carat — Chevy’s new global media strategy company.

Until now, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners themselves led Chevy’s creative marketing efforts in the United States, the brand’s largest market, while McCann Worldwide has been Chevrolet’s agency of record in many global markets, including Mexico, Canada, Brazil, India, Japan, China and Latin America.

Former staff.

Manoli Katakis

Former staff.