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As the Chief Diversity Officer of TBWA\Worldwide, Doug Melville leads the D&I efforts across the TBWA offices in the US and works with the North American network of agencies on Diversity efforts across talent outreach, culture and creative vendor relationships.
TBWA creates disruptive ideas expressed through media arts for clients and is a top ten-ranked global advertising agency, with 323 offices in 97 countries, and 11,000+ full time employees worldwide. Since assuming the role in 2012, TBWA has spent more than $150mm with Multicultural + Women Owned Businesses in the creative space, increased workforce diversity efforts, and created a cultural commitment to more inclusion.
He’s presented 3 TEDx talks on the topic. Prior to joining TBWA, Doug was Founder and CEO of an e-commerce website RedCarpets.com. From ’05 to ’09 Melville worked alongside EarvinMagic Johnson as the President of his Ad Agency, and as VP of Business Development & Marketing for his portfolio of partners and for his New York Times best selling book 32 Ways to be a Champion in Business.
In his past lives Doug was a competitive cheerleader at his alma mater Syracuse U., drove the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile across 48 states, and was a Tour Manager on the Britney Spears “….baby one more time tour. Doug is from Bridgeport, CT and enjoys inspiring entrepreneurs, jogging and memorizing Wikipedia on weekends.
