Global socially-led creative agency, We Are Social has appointed Paul Rider to the newly-created role of head of art, with the aim of setting a new standard of excellence for visual work across the agency. Rider rejoins We Are Social, where he formerly worked as senior art director for adidas for nearly four years, following […]
Mindshare, part of WPP, has promoted Ruth Zohrer and Alan Weetch to its leadership team, amid ambitious plans to evolve its planning offer across the UK. Ruth Zohrer, previously Head of Connections Planning at Mindshare, will take on the newly created role of Chief Product Officer. In her new role, she will be responsible for […]
Post-production facility nineteentwenty announces former Big Buoy Co-Founder, Jon Hurst, will join the team as Managing Director. Jon’s new role will see him grow the nineteentwenty business from its London HQ. Jon Joins nineteentwenty following nearly two decades at London-based post-production house, Big Buoy. He first started his advertising career accidentally – and in an […]
J. Walter Thompson Saudi Arabia has retained the Consumer Business Unit (CBU) account for Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and additionally been awarded the operator’s Corporate Account, after a rigorous selection process across multiple international agencies. STC launched an exhaustive communication pitch process in order to identify a communications partner that would support the telco operator […]
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 […]