News UK announces it has appointed Norm Johnston, Global CEO of Mindshare FAST and Mindshare’s Global Chief Digital Officer, as CEO of Unruly. Johnston will replace outgoing CEO and co-founder Sarah Wood, who announced in October she will be taking up the role of Non-Executive Chair of Unruly’s Board of Directors. Based in London, Johnston […]
Following a highly competitive four-way pitch process, TBWA\Dublin, The Disruption Company, has been appointed by Musgrave Group to handle Ireland’s largest retail account, SuperValu and Centra. Musgrave Group, the nation’s leading grocery retail and wholesale company, has enlisted TBWA\Dublin to handle all aspects of Supervalu and Centra’s advertising across Ireland, following a six-week pitch process. […]
Mark Tutssel was named executive chairman of Leo Burnett Worldwide. Rich Stoddart, currently president of Leo Burnett Worldwide, is leaving to pursue a new venture. In his new role, Tutssel will focus on creative excellence and growth, igniting the collective firepower of the global network on behalf of clients and leveraging the special culture of […]
Serviceplan Group is happy to announce that Kathrin Guethoff, who was Serviceplan China’s Chief Creative Officer for four and a half years, has now joined its Creative Board. Guethoff will bring to the Creative Board 19 years of experience in the advertising industry in Europe and Asia, and award-winning creativity. She has won awards at […]
Consumer Packaged Goods company Church & Dwight has appointed MSQ Partners as its lead creative agency, with the review run through Creativebrief. This is the first time in 18 years that Church & Dwight has reviewed its agency partner. The team will comprise of MSQ Partners agency The Gate London leading on creative and strategy, […]
Armadillo CRM, the CRM specialist agency which works with brands such as McDonald’s, hotels.com and Disney, announces a management buy-out of the business. Chief executive officer, James Ray, executive chairman, Chris Thurling, and chief financial officer, Andy Brown all take a stake in the company in its 25th anniversary year. Based in Bath and with […]
Veloforte, the multi award-winning, 100% natural endurance nutrition brand, has appointed Fusion Media to handle their PR brief for the UK market. Fusion Media‘s PR brief focuses on engaging specialist, consumer and lifestyle media with the brand as they target the growing audience of cyclists and active sports in the UK. Founded in 2016, Veloforte […]
Pentland Brands, the company behind global brand names such as Speedo, Ellesse, Canterbury, Boxfresh, Mitre and Berghaus, announced a major drive to bolster its marketing, digital and creative resources. It will see a major recruitment drive across the group’s London, Nottingham and Sunderland offices. Sean Hastings, Global Marketing Director for Pentland Brands, says: “We’re looking to accelerate the growth of our current […]
Socially-led creative agency We Are Social has launched We Are Social Sport in the UK, a dedicated team of sports specialists offering an experienced, social-first approach to sports marketing. It is the first separate division launched by We Are Social in the UK, and has been created in response to continued growth within the sports […]
Mélanie Dunn, Cossette’s Global President and CEO, announced the promotion of Peter Ignazi and Carlos Moreno to the newly created role of Global Chief Creative Officers. The pair will lead the creative vision for the agency and the creative expression of its brand in every market Cossette does business in, while supporting the company’s international […]