Media from Chaos to Clarity and Back Again

Judy Ungar Franks is Professor at Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University, USA. She has earned awards for her courses in consumer insights and digital media strategy within the Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) program. She is also an advocate for accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

Franks brings nearly four decades of experience to the research and practice of media strategy for integrated marketing communications. Franks spent twenty-three years in Chicago’s top ad agencies-Leo Burnett, FCB, Havas (formerly TLK), Starcom and Energy BBDO where she rose to the executive ranks in both media management and communications planning. Judy contributed to business-building and award-winning media campaigns for renowned brands including P&G, Hallmark, Allstate, and LEGO. She also travelled the world as a faculty member of the Wrigley Global Marketing College.

Franks serves as a course developer and facilitator for the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) Learning Institute, where she shares her expertise in media and marketing essentials with agency talent at all levels.