Gramercy Park Studios has appointed Javier Santaella as Motion Graphics Designer as it continues to bolster creativity within the growing department. In his role, Santaella will support the burgeoning production team across 2D and 3D animation. Santaella joins GPS with a background combining skills in 2D, 3D and VFX, building his career as a motion […]
Creative agency Space has appointed Jamie King as Strategy Director to work across its client portfolio which includes William Grant & Sons, Heineken, Arla Foods and General Mills. King, formerly Executive Planning Director at Live & Breathe, will be responsible for the strategic output of the agency and further strengthening its planning and insight capabilities. […]
Ecrebo, the point of sale marketing specialist, announced it has appointed Mike Grimes as their US President. Bringing more than 25 years’ experience in growth-stage organisations focused on retail solutions, Grimes will be responsible for accelerating Ecrebo’s operations in North America to grow and support its customer base in the US. Earlier in 2017, Ecrebo received £12 million […]
Brothers and Sisters has appointed Will Flack and Aaron Willmer as its joint Executive Creative Directors. The promotion of the team, previously the agency’s Creative Directors, will enable Andy Fowler, Brothers and Sisters’ current Executive Creative Director, to focus on growing a couple of the agency’s biggest client relationships and developing innovation projects in the […]
PR and social media communications consultancy WPR Agency, formerly Willoughby Public Relations, has appointed Rebecca Williams as consumer director. Rebecca joins the Edgbaston-based agency having spent 10 years at McCann in Solihull where she headed up accounts including Oxfam, Robert Welch and McCarthy & Stone. As consumer director at WPR she will be tasked with expanding […]
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 […]