Leo Burnett has announced that Mark Tutssel, executive chairman of the network, is retiring after a 34-year career with the company. He will be staying on until the end of June and will work with Nick Law, chief creative officer of Publicis Groupe, and the Leo Burnett Global Creative Council to ensure a smooth transition, […]
Wunderman Thompson, a WPP company, announced that Ewen Sturgeon has been appointed CEO of Europe and South Africa, effective 7 May. He will be based in London and will report to Global CEO Mel Edwards. In this role, Ewen will oversee the strategic growth of the business and operations across the European and South African […]
The Inside Ideas Group has announced a senior leadership team restructure within its digital agency, Dare, following its acquisition by martech company You & Mr Jones earlier this year. The move comes as part of a talent succession plan that bolsters both Dare’s and IIG’s capabilities, offering further alignment as the group settles into Y&MJ. […]
VCCP has bolstered its Planning team with two new senior hires. Ross Cameron joins the agency as Global Planning Director and Richard Bradford has been appointed Head of Planning for VCCP’s founding client O2. As Global Planning Director, Ross Cameron will work with brands Shell and Paddy Power. He joins most recently from Y&R London […]
Performance marketing agency Journey Further has launched its Conversion division – offering Conversion Rate Optimisation (CRO), User Experience (UX) and Analytics services to leading brands in the UK and internationally. Jonny Longden, former Head of Digital Optimisation at Sky, leaves his position as Head of Ecommerce, Digital and Analytics at Principal Hotel Company to join the agency […]
ROTHCO, part of Accenture Interactive, announced the appointment of Jen Speirs as Executive Creative Director. Jen’s appointment will see former ECD Alan Kelly promoted to Chief Creative Officer. Prior to working at ROTHCO | Accenture Interactive, Australian-born Jen was Deputy Executive Creative Director at BMF Australia. A multi award-winning creative, Jen has worked on brands […]
VCCP’s highly regarded planning department has announced four senior promotions. Sophie Kerbegian has been promoted to Group Planning Director. She will continue to oversee the output on both the Cadbury and Amnesty accounts, while leading on a variety of new business opportunities. Meanwhile, Alexa Caldecott and Jenny Nichols have both been promoted to the role […]
For more than 30 years, LEAP (Loveurope and Partners) have provided integrated advertising production services to agencies, advertisers and marketing departments across a wide range of industry sectors. LEAP is pleased to announce two new appointments to help support and grow their roster of clients. Fran Asaipillai joins the Chichester office as Business Development Manager and Virginia Álvarez joins the Language and Culture team in […]
Send Me A Sample has announced five new hires across its UK and US offices, as the world’s first and only voice-activated sampling programme continues to expand globally. Send Me A Sample’s hires include James Leung as product manager (previously senior product manager at Hostmaker), Simon McLoughlin as director of operations (previously regional head of operations, APAC at Geometry Global) […]
Brand Experience agency WONDER London, announced the appointment of seven new hires to bolster the creative team – all of whom will be reporting directly into Design Director, David Crease. As WONDER looks to enhance their creative offering, the new appointments have been a big focus to kick off 2019. The hires include Quentin Segard […]