Omnicom Group Inc. President and CEO John Wren announced the appointment of Wendy Clark as President and CEO of DDB Worldwide. Clark succeeds Chuck Brymer who will assume the title of Chairman. Both roles are effective immediately. “After 12 terrific years as the head of DDB, I am excited to hand the baton to Wendy,” said Chuck Brymer, Chairman, DDB Worldwide. […]
AKQA has promoted Aivory Gaw to Business Development Director for AKQA London. Aivory has been with AKQA since 2013 as a Client Services Lead, and previously as Associate Planning Director. As the youngest member of London’s leadership team, Aivory will be responsible for driving growth across AKQA’s London studio, and reports to Managing Director, Sam Kelly. Before […]
Mumsnet, the UK’s biggest website for parents, and leading bed specialist, Dreams, have signed a strategic partnership. In an industry first, the two brands will work together to create two mattresses – specially designed by parents, for parents and parents to be – which will be available to purchase in many of the retailer’s 190 […]
Toby McAra, former Head of Google Analytics 360 (UK&I) has joined ConversionWorks to support the board through their ambitious growth strategy. He will bring his industry knowledge to the fast growing data and digital analytics agency. Toby helped to build Google’s Analytics 360 Suite offering, a cross-channel, highly integrated, enterprise marketing measurement suite. ConversionWorks are […]
BMB has recruited James Turnham to the new role of Head of AV, as it looks to develop an audio-visual department and give clients a production offering to match the agency’s ambitions. Turnham joins from Mother, where he was Head of Production. At BMB he reports to Matt Hyde, Chief Operations Officer. His appointment is […]
The Legend of Jagannath, a documentary produced by Creativeland Pictures, the entertainment division of the Creativeland Asia Group, for National Geographic channel is now available on Netflix. Directed by Sajiv Kurup, Executive Director, Creativeland Asia Group, “The Legend of Jagannath” is a documentary which presents a comprehensive story of the famous Ratha Yatra – The Festival […]
Absolut launches a brand new film ‘the vodka with nothing to hide’ to prove just how transparent things are in Åhus, Sweden and features employees totally in the nude. From Absolut Vodka’s CO2 neutral distillation process to their sustainable ethos, viewers are invited on a revealing journey to discover how Absolut not only has […]
Kingsmill launched a new brand platform which celebrates the families of the UK and the role its bread plays in everyday life, with the slogan ‘Loaf’s Good’. Following the news that sliced bread sales are rising for the first time in three years, Kingsmill’s new positioning celebrates contemporary British family life, and the simple pleasure […]
Gourmade is a new ‘frozen from fresh’ ready meal brand about to take frozen foods into the 21st century. Brand owners, Jo and Glenn Devenish, had identified a need for frozen food of exceptional quality and greater variety, that offers guilt-free satisfying meals without the faff. After purchasing a small frozen ready meal company, they […]
Boost, a new dedicated pay-as-you-go (PAYG) energy supplier, introduces Boost Lee, a new character inspired by iconic martial arts legend Bruce Lee, who will star in the brand’s integrated launch campaign created by SNAP LDN. Founded on the belief that people want the freedom to top up their energy when and where they’d like, Boost […]