Hasta La Creative!

While job-hunting in 1965, the only thing Mary Alice Kennedy told a well-connected friend of hers was, “I just don’t want to work in an ad agency.” Things didn’t really go to plan.

After being coaxed into an interview for a researcher position at Y&R on the basis that “this place is different; it’s special,” she found the workplace chemistry she was looking for and was hired on the spot.

After 49 years with the agency, Ms. Kennedy — or MAK as she’s known in the network — retired from her job as head of global intelligence, but not without a great big thank you gift from Global Chairman and CEO David Sable.

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