Karen Welman – who co-founded design agency, Pearlfisher – passed away on Monday 24th June aged 59, following a heart attack, whilst on holiday in Greece with family and friends. Karen first met husband-to-be and future co-founding Partner of Pearlfisher, Jonathan Ford, when, fresh out of their respective design colleges, the pair worked for Michael […]
Advertising creatives Steven Bennett-Day and Aaron Howard are launching Few & Far, a new kind of studio that specialises in ideas. Steven Bennett-Day was most recently chief creative officer at Feed. Before joining Feed in 2017, he spent three years as group executive creative director at Havas Helia. It was during this time that he […]
Nadine Young has been promoted to the expanded role of managing director Starcom UK. She will continue to lead the P&G One team but takes on a broadened remit with additional responsibilities across Starcom. Young, who will report to Starcom CEO Mark Howley, originally joined the agency in 2016 to lead the P&G business having joined […]
Duracell has appointed Jellyfish as its programmatic partner. The agency will implement and manage Duracell’s programmatic media campaigns across all relevant media channels in Europe, South Africa and Asia. Jellyfish is also tasked with setting up Duracell’s Powered Marketplace, a trusted marketplace that aims to drive brand safety, cost efficiencies and meet campaign quality targets. […]
EMMAC Life Sciences has appointed VCCP Health to be their lead creative and strategic agency following a competitive agency review process conducted by Flock Associates. EMMAC Life Sciences is the European independent medical cannabis company bringing together cutting-edge scientific research with the latest innovations in cannabis cultivation, extraction and production. EMMAC has initially tasked VCCP […]
Inskin Media has announced a global advertising partnership with Formula 1, to exclusively deliver high-impact, non-intrusive Pageskin ad formats for the very first time across Formula1.com. Formula 1, the pinnacle of motorsport, is watched by an audience of 550 million a year and takes place in 21 countries, across five continents. The deal opens up an incremental […]
Ogilvy UK announced two new strategy heads join the business, bolstering strategic leadership and bringing added depth in data, insights and innovation to the agency and its clients. Sarah Blackman, Head of Strategic Innovation and Kate Wheaton, Head of Customer Engagement Strategy will both join Gen Kobayashi, Head of Strategy, Communications, to lead an experienced […]
Mindshare UK, part of WPP, announced the appointment of Kristiina Railo to the role of Head of New Business and Marketing, and Lara Ponniah to the role of Partner for Grow@Mindshare. As Head of New Business and Marketing, Railo will be responsible for taking Mindshare UK’s audience-first proposition to market, and ensuring that the benefits […]
Brand design agency PB Creative has announced the appointment of Velda Croot as New Business Director to further boost its senior team and drive growth. The appointment comes on the back of the appointment of Anna Amos as Client Services Director and Lloyd Moffat as Creative Director. Founded in 2010, PB Creative was named 4th […]
Little Giant has become Isobar New Zealand, completing its transition into the global agency network. The team will focus on cross-market opportunities and will be bolstered by the global agency’s best-in-class technology and consultancy capabilities. The full integration also strengthens Isobar’s leadership in the experience-transformation sector across the Australia New Zealand region. Isobar, owned by Dentsu […]