Whalar, the influencer marketing company that connects brands with creators, has welcomed two C-Suite hires, Mike Hondorp as Chief Growth Officer in the US and Luke Townsin as Chief Growth Officer in EMEA. In their new roles, Hondorp and Townsin will be responsible for expanding Whalar’s business internationally and across categories to attract new clients. […]
McCann London has bolstered its creative team with a raft of new hires and promotions. Ross Neil joins as new Executive Creative Director. Reputed as one of the UK’s top 20 ECD’s for the last 4 years having run WCRS, Neil will be working alongside McCann London’s CCO’s Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson to help […]
GambleAware has appointed creative agency M&C Saatchi to develop a new safer gambling advertising campaign. Broadcasters and gambling industry groups drew up proposals for a major responsible gambling advertising campaign to run for two years, with a budget of £5-7 million per year. The government welcomed this initiative, and the charity GambleAware was invited to […]
ADvendio, a Salesforce-powered advertising management software, announced the appointment of Kathryn Layland as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), to be responsible for the worldwide Sales and Marketing. Ms. Layland, a graduate of the University of Manchester, has over 20 years’ experience in operations, sales, marketing, strategy, and software development in the multi-channel publishing, advertising technology, and […]
On the second day of the 2018 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Ogilvy has scooped 42 awards, including the network’s first Grand Prix for this year; Ogilvy Cape Town’s ‘Soccer Song for Change’. June 19’s winning streak also saw the newly relaunched global network being awarded 4 Gold, 12 Silver, and 19 Bronze across […]
At the 2018 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Rothco, part of Accenture Interactive, captured the Creative Data Grand Prix for its artificial intelligence(AI)-led campaign ‘JFK Unsilenced’ for The Times / News UK & Ireland. The win marks its seventh Lion all week, spanning four categories. The campaign used specialised AI technology to create the […]
Behavioural communications agency, HeyHuman, has announced the appointment of Liz Brown to the new role of associate creative director. Her hire brings an all-female creative lead to HeyHuman, alongside executive creative director, Shnoosee Bailey, and creative director, Carole Davids. Brown arrives at HeyHuman with over a decade’s worth of experience at agencies including, Doner as […]
Award-winning drinks design agency Denomination expands into the USA with a new office opening in San Francisco – a stone’s throw from the world-famous Napa Valley wine region. The US office will be led by newly-appointed Business Director Meghan Read. Since establishing Denomination in 2002 in Australia, co-founders Rowena Curlewis and Margaret Nolan went on […]
Media Agency Group (MAG) has been appointed by national law firm Your Legal Friend to deliver media planning and buying campaigns, following a competitive six-way pitch. The brief will see MAG raise awareness of the legal firm which has over 35 years’ experience successfully providing justice for clients and has secured over £250 million compensation in […]
Infinity Nation, the specialist online retail growth agency, has been chosen by women’s athleisure clothing brand, Boudavida to help develop and implement its digital growth strategy. This appointment marks Infinity Nation’s ninth win in nine months. The agency, whose online retail strategies have proved successful with other clients including cycling brand, Rapha, hamper.com, Home Leisure […]