Standard Black hires Scott Niemczura as their new Creative Director

Standard Black hires Scott Niemczura as their new Creative Director

Design-driven creative agency, Standard Black, announced that they are welcoming a new Creative Director, Scott Niemczura, effective immediately. Niemczura will be overseeing art direction and copy on projects across the agency portfolio. He joins a veteran creative team at Standard Black and will work alongside Partners / Executive Creative Directors, Eric Lobb and Jared Tomlinson. […]

Ogilvy UK announces Helen Matthews as Chief People Officer

Ogilvy UK announces Helen Matthews as Chief People Officer

Ogilvy UK appoints Helen Matthews to the newly created position of Chief People Officer. In her role, Helen will serve as the guardian of the agency’s employee experience, ensuring Ogilvy UK has the right offering and culture in place to attract, nurture and grow the best talent across the industry. She also joins the agency’s leadership […]

Dan Colley joins VCCP Retail as Executive Creative Director

Dan Colley joins VCCP Retail as Executive Creative Director

Dan Colley has joined VCCP’s retail division as Executive Creative Director. He will oversee the output of the agency, working with clients such as Shell, Canon, Domino’s, McArthurGlen and O2. Colley joins from Cherry London where, as Executive Creative Director, his focus for the last year has included an award-winning loyalty program for online retailer […]

David Curzon named Executive Creative Director at gyro London

David Curzon named Executive Creative Director at gyro London

Full service business-to-business (B2B) agency gyro, has appointed David Curzon to the new role of Executive Creative Director for gyro London, reporting directly to gyro UK President, Emma Rush. Curzon joins from Saatchi & Saatchi Pro, where, as Executive Creative Director, he led the creative output across the B2B2C practice, as well as working with other Publicis Groupe agencies […]

George P. Johnson appoints new Senior Strategist

George P. Johnson appoints new Senior Strategist

Experiential marketing agency George P. Johnson (GPJ) announced the appointment of Matt Box to the role of Senior Strategist. Box joins from VCCP, where he held the position of Planner, working on the Nationwide Building Society and TfL accounts. He brings with him experience from multiple strategic disciplines, including packaging design, direct marketing and above […]

Lauren Hanrahan appointed CEO of Zenith US, Moxie and MRY

Lauren Hanrahan appointed CEO of Zenith US, Moxie and MRY

Publicis Media has announced the appointment of Lauren Hanrahan to the role of CEO of Zenith US, Moxie and MRY. In this remit, she will be responsible for delivering transformation to Zenith’s world-class roster of clients, accelerating the growth of the agency, and inspiring a high-performance culture where people love to work. Based in New […]

Ingenuity London appoints Head of Connect to bolster events offering

Ingenuity London appoints Head of Connect to bolster events offering

Ingenuity London announced the appointment of Rachel Langton as Head of Connect, to drive forward the agency’s new Connect Events, launching in September 2019 across Europe and the US. Joining the rapidly expanding events team, Langton brings a wealth of experience having previously worked across the Richmond Events marketing portfolio for over seven years as Head […]

UM appoints Victoria Steward as its first head of growth

UM appoints Victoria Steward as its first head of growth

IPG media agency UM has appointed Victoria Steward as its first head of growth. Steward, who joins from OMD where she was new business director, will be responsible for developing UM’s growth strategy in the UK as well as supporting the media agency’s global and EMEA activity.  She will report directly to UM UK CEO […]

VIOOH bolsters leadership team with appointment of Natalia Escribano as Chief Commercial Officer

VIOOH bolsters leadership team with appointment of Natalia Escribano as Chief Commercial Officer

 VIOOH, the open, independent and global marketplace for digital out of home (DOOH) and out of home (OOH), announced that it has appointed Natalia Escribano as its Chief Commercial Officer. Escribano will be responsible for shaping and growing VIOOH’s business and partnerships with digital out of home (DOOH) media owners as well as building the […]

Scott Hagedorn Named CEO of Omnicom Media Group NA, John Swift Named Chief Operating Officer

Scott Hagedorn Named CEO of Omnicom Media Group NA, John Swift Named Chief Operating Officer

Omnicom Media Group (OMG) the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. has named Scott Hagedorn CEO of its North American operations. Hagedorn, who steps into the role following three years as the first CEO of Hearts & Science, succeeds Page Thompson, who is retiring following a distinguished 40-year career at Omnicom.  “Scott’s record of innovation and transformation, combined […]