Edwards succeeds Lindsay Turner who is stepping down from her role
Publicis Media has today announced the appointment of Pete Edwards as Chief Executive Officer of Spark Foundry UK. Edwards will lead the agency as it continues to drive growth and innovation for its clients, and will report directly to Sue Frogley, Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Media UK. Edwards joined the agency in June 2019 as […]
Cheil welcomes Mariana as Regional Creative Director for Central America. Reporting to CEO and president at Cheil Central America, Kyung Keun Choi, Peluffo will be responsible for all Samsung communications across the 14 countries of her business region. Peluffo has picked up a number of international and regional awards for her work including Concurso Buenas […]
Two Wunderman Thompson designers based in the. U.K. created a new font themselves for Wunderman Thompson, called WT Gothic.
To do this, they studied the history of Wunderman and J. Walter Thompson’s respective origins, researching the past to define moments where each agency inspired growth as a brand. The designers looked at key design elements of the older timeframes (i.e.: building facades, advertisements, and fonts of the legacy agencies), using their inspiration to create one new typeface. Key points about the process: Variability, sound, motion, and data were key considerations during development, all around inspiring growth. Geography and […]
Two Nottingham-based business owners have launched Tale Talks; a video series of bite-sized video Q&As with business professionals, entrepreneurs and athletes from across the Midlands region, to share insight and inspire. Tale Talks started as an idea born during the current lockdown period by Alex Lees of Tale Production and Jennie Holland of Jennie Holland PR. Having moved […]
SharpEnd, the Internet of Things agency, has bolstered its client leadership team with the addition of client-side marketers Eddy Peters and Paul O’Connor. Eddy joins from Pernod Ricard’s Gin Hub, where he was the global digital lead, responsible for spearheading digital strategies across the gin portfolio. Paul arrives from his global Brand Manager role at […]
· Professor Green and Katie Piper lead a nationwide radio series to support the nation’s mental health during the COVID-19 crisis · 60 Second Support is a partnership between Radiocentre, the industry body for commercial radio and The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Heads Together campaign and brings together ten leading mental health charities · This new series will reach millions of listeners across the UK, covering topics including isolation, bereavement, dealing with conflict at home and the benefits of exercise
Radiocentre, the industry body for commercial radio, has partnered with The Royal Foundation’s Heads Together campaign, to bring together 10 leading mental health charities in the UK for the special new content series, 60 Second Support, fronted by Professor Green and with contributors including Katie Piper, Poorna Bell and more. Taking over the airwaves from […]
A collective of young furloughed ad world staff have come together to donate their time and expertise to businesses who desperately need help surviving the Coronavirus lockdown. Called Not Fur’ Long, the agency will offer strategic, marketing and creative support to the small to medium-sized businesses that are the lifeblood of communities, but also the most at […]
Lockdown hire boosts senior team
London-based ad agency, AML Group, has today announced the appointment of Sheena Shah to the role of Financial Director. Sheena joins from the specialist marketing agency, TLC Worldwide, where she was Global Group Financial Controller and prior to that she held the role of Financial Controller at Fallon London. “Sheena joins us in unprecedented times and is our second lockdown […]
Ebiquity, a leading independent global media and marketing consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Waters as its Group Chief Executive Officer. Nick will join the Company on 1st July 2020 and be appointed as an executive Director of the Board. Alan Newman, currently Interim Chief Executive Officer, will resume his role as Chief Financial […]
- Bushell joins from digital agency Valtech, where she was Commercial Director - Will be responsible for overall revenue growth of LAB Group agencies, which include LAB and Reflect Digital
LAB Group has announced the appointment of Harpreet Bushell to the newly created role of Chief Growth Officer. Bushell joins from digital agency Valtech, where she spent just over two years as Commercial Director, with responsibility for new business. As a member of the global alliances team for Microsoft and Sitecore, Bushell developed joint lead generation […]