Following the appointment of Nik Studzinki, Sam Walker and Joe De Souza, Karmarama’s Group ECDs set to leave. Walker and De Souza joined Karmarama in 2010 and were subsequently made Partners and Group ECDs with responsibility for the group’s entire creative output alongside fellow Group ECD, Caitlin Ryan. During their tenure they won significant business […]
Bigger. Badder. Birdier. This summer, one of the biggest mobile gaming hits to date is set to return to mobile and tablet screens around the world, putting the smug pigs and their feisty feathered enemies back in players’ hands when Angry Birds 2 launches on 30th July. To help promote the game’s release and recruit […]
Hotel giant Marriott has teamed up with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to give fans the opportunity to travel the world for tournaments across five continents. The tie-up will see Marriott made the official hotelier for events including NBA Global Games 2015-16, NBA Africa Game 2015, and NBA Canada Series 2015 as well as separate […]
Karmarama announce that they have appointed two new creative directors, who will work across the Costa and Iceland accounts at the agency, as well as on pitch opportunities. Turner and Westland join from krow where they have been Creative Directors for the last two years, looking after DFS, Fiat, and the launch of Virgin Trains […]
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has appointed the Cheil Network to handle its global digital and social marketing activities, following a competitive pitch process held last month. Cheil is now responsible for delivering Etihad Airways’ strategy and creative in all digital and social channels. The agency will also support […]
The Moneytizer, a new ad platform specialising in online ad optimisation for small and medium-sized editorial publishers, has launched its first UK office in London. The business, originally founded in France in 2014, provides the leading ad optimisation platform for small and medium publishers such as bloggers. Its sole purpose is to give those publishers […]
Bacardi announced the immediate promotion of Fabio Di Giammarco, 42, to Global Vice President for Bacardí rum. In this role, Mr. Di Giammarco is responsible for the Bacardí rum brand marketing efforts globally, including enhancing brand equity, positioning, advertising, packaging and pricing. He reports to Mauricio Vergara, CMO North America and global lead for Bacardí […]
Ashutosh Srivastava, chairman Asia and CEO emerging markets group Mindshare, has added the Middle East and Africa to his remit. The change comes as Helen McRae is appointed Mindshare UK CEO, a role she will combine with her responsibility as chair of Mindshare Western Europe, representing Europe on the GroupM Europe board. McRae’s Africa responsibilities […]
Wunderman UK has made key hirings bolstering its strategic and creative offering, with Paul Harvey joining as Head of Project Management, Lezaan Roos as Strategy Director, Michael Maxwell as Senior Strategist and Andrew Thomas as Conceptual Lead. Head of Project Management Paul Harvey joins from AKQA where he was Associate Programme Director working on Nike. […]
Following a competitive four-way review across London and New York, DMG Media has appointed Maxus as its primary marketing and media agency in the UK and North America. Maxus will provide consultancy support to the DMG Media brands, Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, and assume responsibility for brand-specific buying in paid-for media […]