Havas Group Media has announced the appointment of Ailsa Buckley to the newly-created role of Deputy Managing Director as it seeks to further strengthen its leadership team. Buckley joins from Wavemaker, where she was General Manager, leading the agency’s L’Oreal business with a focus on digital transformation, and heading up a number of key internal […]
British gin brand, Warner Edwards, has appointed Birmingham based creative agency LIFE as its BTL agency, as the brand strengthens its agency roster to support its strong performance across both the on and off-trade. “We’re really excited to be working with LIFE. They demonstrated a thorough knowledge of the category and a passion for Warner Edwards. […]
Jellyfish has been awarded the integrated media business for fashion and lifestyle brand hush. Founded by Australian Mandy Watkins in 2003, hush has grown to become one of the UK’s leading womenswear and loungewear retailers. Appointed without a pitch, Jellyfish’s overarching objective will be to assist the business with its continued growth. The work will […]
Merkle, a leading technology-enabled, data-driven performance marketing agency, has made a major investment into the expansion of its in-housing solution as it launches a new ad tech consultancy practice in EMEA. The new ad tech consultancy gives clients the ability to access Merkle’s full range of services and talent across its addressable media, customer strategy, […]
Creative agency, Space, has added more creative firepower to its team with the appointments of Andy Preston and Alex Hazell as Deputy Creative Directors, and James Newport as Design Director. Space has made the appointments following another year of growth which has seen the 45-person agency extend its remit with clients including William Grant & […]
Sky has appointed Leeds-based performance marketing agency, Journey Further, to boost its paid search activity for the UK market. Journey Further was appointed following a competitive pitch. Sky wants to make it easier for customers to find relevant help for issues such as billing queries, technical and setup problems. Journey Further will specifically target improvements to this online customer journey through […]
M&C Saatchi is delighted to announce the appointment of Mark Newnes to Deputy MD with immediate effect. Newnes has been with the agency for nearly eight years and has been promoted from managing partner where he led both the NatWest and Royal Mail accounts in combination with broader agency-wide responsibilities. Previously to this he led the […]
Wavemaker has been appointed by Heathrow as their integrated agency partner, to handle communications planning and media buying. Wavemaker was successfully awarded the three-year contract following a strategic review. Heathrow, Europe’s largest airport saw over 78 million passengers pass through its terminals in 2017 alone, with 80 airlines flying to 180 destinations. Heathrow’s vision is […]
Matt James has been appointed Global Brand President, Zenith. Reporting to Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media, Matt will take up the role in January 2019 and will be based at Zenith’s HQ in London. Matt succeeds Vittorio Bonori, who was recently appointed Publicis Groupe Italy CEO. With a career in global media spanning over 28 […]
Integrated creative agency, LIFE, launched #365daysofgood campaign which will celebrate the positive actions of brands every day throughout 2019. The initiative is designed to show how brands can be powerful and important driving forces for change, be it through major projects or smaller actions that make people’s lives a little better every day. For the past 11 […]