Wunderman UK is launching a new initiative ‘Fund Female’, encouraging Wunderman employees to consciously support female-owned businesses. Starting on International Women’s Day, Friday 8th March, and running for a week, staff will take up the challenge to shop exclusively at women-owned businesses. The initiative aligns with IWD’s campaign theme for 2019, #BalanceforBetter. Wunderman has created a […]
Havas Media Group furthers its commitment to meaningful media with two new additions to its global team. Thomas Minc joins the media team as Managing Director, Global Strategy, and Ellen Zaleski as Managing Director, Global Insights. Both Minc and Zaleski report to Havas Media Group’s Global Chief Strategy Officer, Greg James. The duo will co-lead […]
British Cycling, the UK’s largest cycling organisation and the national governing body for cycle sport, has appointed Omnicom Media Group’s PHD Manchester as its new media planning and buying agency. The account, awarded to PHD following a competitive three-way pitch, will focus on connecting British Cycling with UK cycling enthusiasts and driving participation in its […]
Independent, global brand design agency, Bulletproof is thrilled to announce that its New York studio has three new powerful additions to its creative force; Tony Connor, Dan Gladden and James Thompson. Executive Creative Director, Tony Connor, has moved across the pond to lead the New York creative team after playing a key role in shaping […]
Talon, the U.K.’s largest independent Out of Home (OOH) media specialist, has expanded its U.S. coverage with the purchase of Grandesign, a U.S. independent OOH media agency headquartered in San Diego. Grandesign is the second-largest independent OOH agency in the U.S., delivering traditional and experiential OOH across six offices. This purchase only affects Grandesign’s traditional vertical, […]
Ford Motor Company has appointed Unlimited Group to provide dealer marketing strategy and support for all Ford UK Dealers via a new on-site agency based with the team at its head office. Having introduced Unlimited Possibilities, a data-led approach using human understanding alongside a robust planning methodology CatalystÓ, Ford is the latest win for Unlimited Group under the leadership of new Group […]
Outdoor retailer Outdoor and Cycle Concepts has appointed Arena Media, part of Havas Group Media, to handle the UK media planning and buying business for Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock. Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock chose to appoint Arena Media to the account following a competitive pitch. Arena Media will work with the two brands to help […]
72andSunny Amsterdam has expanded its team in the Netherlands with a number of new hires as part of its drive to boost its creative power to higher levels. Chris Colliton and Kevin Weir join as creative directors. A strong duo with a phenomenal portfolio of work and a humorous tone, they have specific account responsibility […]
UM has appointed Simon Taylor as Managing Partner for American Express (Amex). Taylor joins the agency from Havas Media UK, where he also held the position of Managing Partner. Reporting directly to UM’s UK CEO Rachel Forde, Taylor will be responsible for driving all of Amex’s media delivery in the UK, as well as overseeing […]
ustwo London, the digital product and services studio, has hired Anna Soisalo as Strategy Director to lead the agency’s growing strategic practice to help clients make, change and learn together. Soisalo joins this month from Smart Design where she is Executive Director (Strategy) and with her arrival, the ustwo London Leadership team is now complete. […]