Droga5 Executive Creative Director Steve Howell joins Dark Horses

Droga5 Executive Creative Director Steve Howell joins Dark Horses

Droga5 London’s Executive Creative Director Steve Howell is set to join sports marketing agency Dark Horses as Creative Partner. Howell has held the ECD post since April 2016, when he returned from a 4-year stint as a Creative Director at Droga5 New York. During his time at the agency, he created high profile campaigns for […]

The Specialist Works invests in senior talent post management buyout

The Specialist Works invests in senior talent post management buyout

Independent media agency The Specialist Works has appointed Katie Lobina as Trading Director on the agency’s board, and James Olney as Head of Data & Analytics. Katie, previously Commercial Director at PMX, part of Publicis, will be the commercial and trading lead. Prior to PMX, she was Barter Trading Director at Zenith, Business Manager at […]

Serviceplan Group boosts management with two accomplished hires in Dubai and Belgium

Serviceplan Group boosts management with two accomplished hires in Dubai and Belgium

Two accomplished new hires have joined the Serviceplan Group in Dubai and Belgium. Sophie Vanderwinkel is Managing Director of Mediaplus in Belgium, and Natalie Shardan the new General Manager of Serviceplan Middle East. Both Sophie Vanderwinkel and Natalie Shardan strengthen the management teams, at Mediaplus Belgium and Serviceplan Middle East respectively. These strategic hires further […]

Epsilon strengthens EMEA leadership with the appointment of Nick Corkill

Epsilon strengthens EMEA leadership with the appointment of Nick Corkill

Epsilon, a global leader in creating connections between people and brands, announced the continued expansion of its EMEA leadership team with the appointment of Nick Corkill as VP, Client Services leading the Dell account across EMEA. Corkill will also work hand-in-hand with Epsilon’s creative team to expand and grow its creative footprint internationally. Based in […]

AKQA appoints Andrew Walter as Director of Delivery

AKQA appoints Andrew Walter as Director of Delivery

AKQA has appointed Andrew Walter as Director of Delivery in the San Francisco studio. Andrew will oversee the Project Management department and join the Executive Leadership Team. Andrew brings over 15 years of experience, specialising in program, change and growth management. AKQA Managing Partner Simon Jefferson said: “AKQA continues to evolve and find new ways […]

TOMORROW bolsters creative leadership with Mihai Gongu hire

TOMORROW bolsters creative leadership with Mihai Gongu hire

Mihai Gongu, former Creative Director at Jung von Matt in Berlin, joined starting September 15th the Shanghai-based creative boutique agency TOMORROW as Executive Creative Director. In his role at JvM, Mihai has coordinated creative output on BMW, MINI, Thomas Cook Airlines and Sixt accounts. Prior to this, he held ECD roles in BBDO and GMP, […]

STACK raids Merkle to bolster data offering with two senior hires

STACK raids Merkle to bolster data offering with two senior hires

Customer engagement agency STACK has announced the appointment of Merkle’s Andy O’Brien and Ian Skinner to expand its management team. O’Brien will join as Head of Data Planning and Skinner will become Head of Data Science. Both will work across strategic clients and report to Chief Data Officer Mark King, who joined in March as […]

Publicis Groupe announces regional and local leadership appointments in the Nordics

Publicis Groupe announces regional and local leadership appointments in the Nordics

Publicis Groupe announced the appointment of a management team in the Nordics as well as local leadership at a Groupe level across Sweden, Norway and Denmark. These appointments are part of Publicis Groupe’s ongoing implementation of its country model. At a regional level, the new Publicis Groupe Nordics management team comprises the following leaders, reporting directly […]