180LA announces that two new teams will be joining the agency, bolstering a highly regarded creative group. Copywriter Will Sands, previously at Deutsch and AKQA, will partner with Art Director Robison Mattei. Prior to joining the team at 180, Mattei worked at Saatchi & Saatchi LA, CP+B and JWT Sao Paulo, and Leo Burnett Dubai. Both […]
M&C Saatchi, the world’s largest independent agency network, is launching in Hong Kong with immediate effect. The agency will be led by veteran adman, Spencer Wong, and will be the network’s 9th office in Asia; its 29th in the world. The agency will be called M&C Saatchi Spencer HK and will be focusing on local businesses while at […]
Young’s Seafood Ltd. announced the appointment of a new media agency, Total Media, the behavioural planning agency, to support the brand’s ambitious three-year growth strategy, which will see it strengthen its position as the UK’s leading fish and seafood business. Total Media’s brief will see them use their deep knowledge of audience behaviour to build […]
Wunderman UK, a leading global digital agency and a WPP company, has hired James Irvine as managing partner following the growth of several key accounts. Irvine will be responsible for realising the future ambitions of clients and advancing the business’ talent in the areas of creative, data and technology. His appointment comes as the agency […]
Loveurope and Partners (LEAP) are pleased to announce the appointment of Olly Eyre to their Sales and Business Development team. Olly has recently returned to London from Berlin working on specialists’ sponsorship projects with technology brands. Prior to that, he worked in financial publishing, seeking new ways of communicating with customers. As LEAP is the leading […]
London-based international customer experience agency, I-AM, has been retained by CenterHotels to create a series of fresh and dynamic branded restaurant concepts and review the brand essence of their various dining offers. The aim is to develop an atmosphere that allows for a memorable brand experience, along with a design concept that is flexible and able […]
Following a competitive pitch, Prophecy Unlimited, the CRM & Acquisition specialist agency in the Unlimited Group, has been awarded a multi-million pound, 5-year contract for BMW Group. The contract covers the continued support of the BMW Group retailer websites, for BMW UK, MINI UK, Motorrad UK and Rolls Royce brands globally, ensuring a consistent brand […]
Wavemaker has been appointed by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) to handle all of the charity’s media planning and buying in the UK and Ireland for a wide range of campaigns and programmes supporting their long term goals of significantly reducing the number of people drowning in the UK, Ireland and overseas. This move […]
Abarth, the FCA Group-owned car brand, has appointed krow to work on its UK advertising. The account moves to krow, which handles Fiat’s UK creative account. krow’s brief covers Abarth’s UK advertising across channels including TV, press, radio and OOH, and the first work from the agency is a radio campaign that is expected to […]
Digital agency, Mirum, announced the appointment of Mark Newcomer as Global Chief Strategy Officer. Newcomer will be responsible for driving the vision of Mirum’s strategy and analytics practice on a global level and working with regional teams to connect that vision to Mirum’s local goals and initiatives. “Mark’s appointment to this role is a key […]