Full-service, integrated marketing agency bigdog’s Norwich office has made nine new hires, following a successful quarter of new client projects and wins. The hires will grow the Norwich creative team by 30%. Michael Howes joins as creative director, following an extensive period freelancing at bigdog. Drawing on his rich experience working on agency accounts including […]
Soul has been appointed by the ferry travel company Wightlink, one of the UK’s largest domestic ferry operators, to establish the firm as the preferred choice for trips between the Isle of Wight and the mainland. The agency was hired by Wightlink after a pitch and has been briefed with creating a new programme of […]
Joanna Borton is joining Above+Beyond as its first Creative Services Director, and will sit on the board with CEO Zaid Al-Zaidy, ECD David Billing, Brand Services Director Tom Bedwell and Creative Directors Rapha Campos and Ben da Costa. Borton joins from 180 Amsterdam, where she was Head of Project Management. She has previously worked for […]
The integrated marcoms network, MullenLowe Group (a part of Interpublic Group) announced it has acquired the strategic communications agency Salt Communications Limited (salt). Founded in 2000 by Richard Cox and Andrew Last, salt is a strategic communications agency operating in London and Singapore. salt specialises in simplifying complex business challenges, with specialties in external reputation […]
Specialist business-to-business (B2B) market research agency Circle Research has been acquired by the Next15 Communications Group. They will form part of Next 15’s expanding research group, MIG Global (MIG). The acquisition continues a focus on data and tech insight capabilities by Next15 as, through MIG, it continues to build a Group of best-in-class specialist research […]
Socially-led creative agency We Are Social has hired Alison Bracegirdle as creative director in its London headquarters. Alison joins We Are Social from Havas Helia, where she was creative director, working primarily on the agency’s Dove account. She was involved in integrated global campaigns for a range of Dove categories, with stand-out work including Dove’s […]
Publicis Groupe announced the addition of Alex Lea as Executive Creative Director. Lea will join the creative leadership team on the Walmart business in partnership with Publicis Groupe and other agencies that comprise the Groupe’s solution for Walmart – DeptW. He will be based in Saatchi NY’s office and report to their Chief Creative Officer, […]
Citroën assigns its global communications accounts to TRACTION, BETC Group. The TRACTION name pays homage to the legendary “Traction Avant” (front-wheel drive) vehicle produced by the car manufacturer from 1934 to 1957. Citroën, the much-loved automobile brand in France, has decided to assign its global communications account to the biggest French advertising agency. The new […]
Organic yogurt maker Stonyfield, has selected New England-based marketing agency GYK Antler as its creative agency of record. With this new partnership, GYK Antler will handle business for all Stonyfield brands, including Stonyfield YoBaby, Stonyfield YoKids, and Brown Cow. “We admire the creative work GYK Antler does for food and CPG brands, and believe that […]
Award winning, independent media agency The Specialist Works (TSW) has acquired 100% of specialist TV and Video advertising company, Pace Media. This further expansion forms part of TSW’s growth strategy which follows the company’s recent acquisition of Atlanta-based Elarbee Media and the opening of its New York office in 2016. Pace Media will be rebranded […]