Havas Lynx, the leading global healthcare communications agency, and communiqué communications consultancy of the year has further bolstered its ranks with a string of high-profile recruits including three new award-winning creative directors. This expansion of the creative team follows on from the appointment of Tom Richards as Chief Creative Officer in April 2015. Since Richards’ […]
Havas Media International has been awarded the media planning and buying business for Vita Coco, EMEA – the world’s bestselling coconut water. The agency won the account following a competitive pitch against Carat, Mediacom, Village Communications, Total Media and Mindshare – who is the incumbent. Havas Media International has been charged with a brief to […]
Brand and packaging design expert Sun Branding Solutions has launched bespoke product management software system, SUNrise, to make getting products to market quicker and easier. The tool, aimed primarily at brands and FMCG retailers, is designed to simplify and accelerate the product launch process. From the first big idea through to design and beyond, SUNrise […]
Norwegian adventure cruise company, Hurtigruten, has appointed media agency The Specialist Works to handle its UK media planning and buying account worth over £1 million after a competitive pitch. The Specialist Works will start immediately to strategically plan and buy all consumer and trade media, covering prospect acquisition channels to assist Hurtigruten in its ambition […]
Bigballs Media has hired James Kirkham as the head of Copa90 and the chief strategy officer for Bigballs Media Europe. Kirkham, the former head of mobile and social at Leo Burnett Worldwide and co-founder of Holler, has a remit to help build and grow the Copa90 brand, audience, and revenues globally. He will immediately develop […]
Campaign to End Loneliness has appointed creative agency 23red to lead its communications campaign to raise awareness of the issue of loneliness affecting older people in the UK. In November 2015, the Campaign to End Loneliness, a coalition of organisations dedicated to ending chronic loneliness in older age, issued a brief for a creative partner. […]
MEC has made changes to its global management team and UK agency leadership, setting it up globally and locally to continue to develop and thrive, Charles Courtier, the Global CEO of MEC announced on February 4. Jason Dormieux takes the helm as sole UK CEO and Stuart Bowden becomes Global Chief Strategy Officer. Jason will lead […]
Kieve Ducharme has joined BBD Perfect Storm as its first Operations Director to oversee all aspects of the agency’s operations and production. She was previously at Quiet Storm where she had been overseeing production and operations. Ducharme has integrated experience in branded entertainment, content and broadcast and was previously part of Hogarth, the production arm […]
Wunderman UK has appointed Rob Curran as Head of User Experience. Curran joins from RAPP, where he was Director of User Experience, to lead the charge in ensuring that Wunderman UK continues to offer the best in class digital experiences to its clients. He will be working across a number of accounts, including Legal and […]
Kaleidovision, the specialist digital and music consultancy, launches a new immersive pre-sales experience for multi-award winning fitness brand Gymbox. For the first time, potential clients can get a taster of the new club opening at Victoria, with an interactive digital touchscreen which enables a ‘virtual’ walk-through in advance of the opening. The new Gymbox at […]