Barefoot Proximity, the Cincinnati office within the Proximity network, has announced two senior appointments to support its business transformation within North America. Margarita Fitzpatrick joins as Vice President, Client Partnership and Liz Martin joins as Senior Vice President, Global Digital Client Services lead. Both will start immediately and will report directly into Barefoot Proximity CEO, […]
Staysure, the UK’s No.1 brand for over 50s travel insurance, has launched its new TV ad campaign after appointing Founded as its lead creative agency to help reposition the brand. The specialist insurance company, launched in 2004, caters to the growing number of over 50s with pre-existing medical conditions. The TV ad, created by Founded […]
Mattie Yaco has returned to AKQA as Director of Production, based in the DC studio and will oversee the entire project management department. Mattie will report directly to Rachel Barek, General Manager and will join the leadership team. Mattie has over 10 years of extensive digital experience as a client partner, and team leader envisioning, […]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity announced that Spotify will be honoured at the annual Festival as the 2018 Media Brand of the Year. Daniel Ek, co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will accept the award on behalf of Spotify and its more than 3000 employees around the world at a ceremony on Wednesday, […]
Auchan Retail France has just entrusted its global communication strategy to Serviceplan France, a member of Europe’s leading independent communications group, Serviceplan Group. This decision was made in the wake of a call for tenders from agencies, orchestrated by Pitchville, which pitched Serviceplan against outgoing agency CLM BBDO, as well as Sid Lee, La Chose, […]
WPP’s VML London is evolving and expanding with the appointment of R/GA London’s client services director, Marcus Keith, for a newly created head of client engagement role. As head of client engagement, Keith will take responsibility for best practices across the agency’s client roster, including Colgate-Palmolive, PepsiCo, Ford, Nestlé, Bridgestone and the International Olympic Committee. […]
The Dining Club Group, the largest dining club in the world comprising of tastecard, Gourmet Society and hi-life, has named Anwar Sultan its first Chief Marketing Officer effective immediately. Continued marketing efforts have seen sustained commercial growth of the Dining Club Group across the UK & Ireland and Sultan’s appointment marks the commitment to further […]
Brilliant Basics – Infosys’ customer-centric digital transformation studio – has hired digital pioneer Richard Hartley to launch a network of innovation labs as part of a major expansion across Europe and Middle East. Hartley, a former senior emerging technologist at WPP’s Wunderman and Jaguar Land Rover’s Spark 44, will be Brilliant Basics’ first Head of […]
The European online payments provider Trustly as appointed Weber Shandwick as its communications agency in a process run through Creativebrief. The ambition with the new partnership is to strengthen Trustly’s position as a leading European online banking payments company. Weber Shandwick’s assignment includes strategic, operational and creative communication to help chart Trustly’s growth across a […]
Independent agency Creativeland Asia (CLA) and Rana Barua have decided to part ways, The company issued the following official statement post the annual board review. “Following the board review last month, we arrived at a decision to part ways. It was great to have him here and we thank him for the time he has […]