Advantage is a sponsorship and brand experience agency with offices in greater New York City and Los Angeles. An award-winning agency within Interpublic Group (IPG), Advantage has four unique areas of expertise which all Make Brands Happen in their own unique ways. They leverage insights to craft partnership strategies and activation plans around consumer passions, backed by world-class sponsorship negotiators and a proprietary measurement toolkit.
MCI USA helps companies and associations to strategically engage and activate their target audiences, building the dedicated online and offline communities they need to strengthen their brands and boost their performance. Through the merger of MCI and Coulter Companies in 2015, MCI USA serves as the United States platform for the largest global provider of strategic engagement and activation solutions. This union results in a workforce of more than 2,100 professionals in 61 cities and 32 countries, accelerating MCI’s ability to work global and deliver local to senior influencers and decision-makers in associations, corporations and governments.
MELT ATL is a full-service agency offering services including brand strategy, event and experiential marketing, social and digital content production, retail and shopper marketing, sports property and sponsorship strategy and execution. Thompson also created one of the country's most successful virtual intern programs, MELT University, based on his experience of working his way through Auburn University as a student assistant in the Sports Information Department. MELT University now guides 1000s of college students with career and internship advice, podcasts, weekly newsletters, video series, resume coaching and more. Thompson's new book "Build Brand YoU" Your guide to building your personal brand is out fall 2020. Thompson regularly appears on The Paul Finebaum Show and many other national publications. He also serves on advisory boards at Samford, UGA, Emory and others.