Allen Steven Kay was an American advertising executive and businessman known for selling Xerox copiers to Super Bowl viewers and saved lives after the 2001 attacks after coining the phrase "If You See Something, Say Something" for the advertising campaign for the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority. He was also the cofounder of Korey Kay & Partners advertising in 1982 serving as its chairman and CEO for 32 years.
Kay was born in New York, at 6 years old he was already studying art at th... moreAllen Steven Kay was an American advertising executive and businessman known for selling Xerox copiers to Super Bowl viewers and saved lives after the 2001 attacks after coining the phrase "If You See Something, Say Something" for the advertising campaign for the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority. He was also the cofounder of Korey Kay & Partners advertising in 1982 serving as its chairman and CEO for 32 years.
Kay was born in New York, at 6 years old he was already studying art at the Museum of Modern Art. In 1967 he graduated with BA honors from Art Center College of Design and it was during his summers from college that Kay worked at Grey Advertising. After graduating he immediately joined McCann Erikson Advertising Agency in New York. He became an art director, writer and producer for the firm, he worked on ad campaigns for Coca-Cola, Exxon In 1970 he left for Jack Tinker's Interpublic agency, it was there that he won a Clio Award. After that he went to Needham, Harper and Steers in 1971. In 1982 he started his own Ad agency that was highly successful. He was named by Advertising Age as one of the 11 influential high tech marketing professionals of the 20th century.
