UWG Inc. is a full-service advertising agency[4][5] headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with satellite offices in Atlanta, Detroit, Miami, and Los Angeles.
[9][10] Some of its current and past clients include Lincoln-Mercury, Ford Motor Company, CVS Pharmacy, Marriott International, U.S. Marine Corps, AT&T, and Burger King.
[14][15][16] In 1974, the company created a radio soap opera that centered on the post-Great Migration and African Americans settling in the Northern United States, entitled Sounds of the City.
[22][23] In 2012, Monique Nelson and her family acquired the majority stake and were appointed chair and CEO of the company.
[9][10][25] Some of the notable clients that UWG served include CVS Pharmacy, Marriott International, U.S. Marine Corps, Gatorade, AT&T, Mars, Incorporated, Amtrak, Smirnoff Vodka, Colgate-Palmolive, Texaco,[26] Lincoln-Mercury, and Ford Motor Co.[6][1][27][28][29][30][7] UWG has been ranked multiple times in Black Enterprise magazine: #16 on their Industrial/Service 100 (1994),[27] Advertising Agency of the Year (2000);[23][31] #5 in Advertising Agencies (2011);[24] and #8 in black-owned ad companies in the United States (2014).