Jay Askinasi

As Chief Growth Officer of Publicis Groupe and U.S. CEO of the company’s media investment arm, Publicis Media Exchange (PMX), Jay Askinasi leads investment and partnerships for all Groupe U.S. agencies, in addition to product strategy for the network as a whole.

He has been instrumental in Groupe M&A, actively leading the integration of RUN, CitrusAd and Profitero. He and his team also helped build the foundation for programmatic strategy at PM’s Precision and led the development of the Groupe’s advanced video solution, Lift, which combines the scale and expertise of PMX with the proprietary data and technology assets of Epsilon.

Askinasi originally joined Publicis in 2014 via the Groupe’s acquisition of programmatic platform RUN, where he was Chief Revenue Officer. In 2016, he was elevated to President of Investment Solutions at Publicis Media, left the company in 2018 to join AT&T and then boomeranged back to Publicis Groupe as Chief Growth Officer in 2020.