Renowned strategy, design and communications company COLLINS is strengthening their approach amid the shifting role of brands in society by welcoming Taamrat Amaize as their new Head of Strategy. In her new position, Amaize will further emphasize the importance of strategic insight in each of the consultancy’s key offerings as well as continue to refine their unique creative […]
Renee Semiz will assume the position of Managing Director, UK Marketing, Phillips 66 Limited in January 2021. Renee relocates to the UK from Phillips 66’s Houston office in the USA and takes over from Mary Wolf who, following a smooth transition period, will relocate to the Houston office and assume the role of General Manager, Global Specialties. Having joined the business in 1998, Renee has an extensive and diverse background across […]
Ex Publicis media chief joins new senior team
FirmDecisions has appointed ex-Publicis stalwart, Andras Vigh, to the role of Managing Director for its UK office. He will be reporting to Global CEO, Federica Bowman, who took over in August. This marks the second major senior team hire in a month, following the announcement of WPP finance veteran, James Stroude, as Global Head of […]
With an all-new outlook and offering primed for this time of unprecedented change, the agency brings a human focus and more emotional approach to branding and experience design
Branding and experience design agency handsome is relaunching with a completely reimagined approach to design and technology consulting. After nine years in the design space, they’re challenging the human-centered design and brand strategy status quo by putting humanity, culture and emotion at the center of their brand, product and experience design practice and client relationships. Beyond a […]
Now in its 16th year, this successful campaign has contributed to the more than 870,000 children and youth that have been adopted from the U.S. foster care system
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), AdoptUSKids, and the Ad Council today launched a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) that encourage prospective parents to consider adopting teens from foster care. The new PSAs, created pro bono by advertising agency Barbarian, highlight the importance of […]
Nik Bedford, Dan Bull and Carla Traini have joined international design agency Design Bridge as Creative Directors. They will form a new creative leadership team for Design Bridge’s Amsterdam Studio alongside fellow Creative Director Fabio Milito.
Design Bridge are pleased to announce the appointment of three new Creative Directors to the international design agency’s Amsterdam Studio: Nik Bedford, Dan Bull and Carla Traini. Nik joins from Cowan Singapore where he has been Creative Director for 6 years, Dan has been running his own creative consultancy for almost a decade, and Carla joined […]
FutureBrand, the global brand transformation company, has promoted Gianni Tozzi to the role of Chief Creative Officer International. Operating out of the Milan office, Tozzi will now oversee the entire creative output of FutureBrand across both the European and Asian markets.Tozzi steps into his new role after over a decade as FutureBrand Milan’s Executive Creative […]
Phil Cowdell has taken on the newly created position of CEO Mediaplus Americas in November 2020. Based in New York, Cowdell is tasked with the expansion of Mediaplus Group's international offering across the North, Central and South America. For the US market Cowdell will work side by side with Erik Dochtermann, CEO MODCO/Mediaplus, in the New York House of Communication.
The Mediaplus Group is taking a new step towards internationalization and is particularly focusing on North, Central and South America with the appointment of Phil Cowdell in a new role as CEO of Mediaplus Americas. Cowdell is an experienced industry leader, bringing to the Mediaplus Group more than three decades of experience from a range […]
Kaplan joins from OUTFRONT Media
Kinetic, the leading global out-of-home agency that is part of WPP, announced the appointment of Keith Kaplan as Global Chief Executive Officer. Kaplan is well-regarded as a strategic advisor at the intersection of digital and out-of-home (OOH) with a strong focus on innovative ways to drive success for clients. Kaplan takes over from Marc-Antoine de […]
Pitching against several London agencies, Ogilvy Social.Lab wins brief to turn Volleyball into a global brand
The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has selected WPP’s Ogilvy Social.Lab as its lead strategic and creative agency to run its global brand communications and global media strategy and planning leading up to the 2022 Volleyball World Championships – after a pitch between 17 agencies, including London’s Saatchi & Saatchi and AKQA (soon to be AKQA […]