Sweetshop has signed International Emmy-winning Director Edward Berger for representation globally. Edward is now available for commercial and long-form projects from across the UK and Europe. Edward’s Patrick Melrose series, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Jennifer Jason Leigh, picked up five Emmy nominations, including Best Director and Best Limited Series. He also directed the two-hour series […]
Customer agency LIDA, part of the M&C Saatchi Group, has named Jonathan Goodman as CEO, as it looks to the next stage of its evolution. LIDA veteran Goodman joined the agency in 2010, and was made Managing Director in 2014, when it earned the title of Campaign Agency of the Year. In 2016, he became […]
Brand agency Better has appointed two new members to its senior management team following unprecedented growth over the last two years. Simon Preece joins as associate brand director and will support the agency’s strategic growth, service offer and, as the most awarded marketer in DBA history, further develop its commercial effectiveness agenda. Simon brings a […]
smp, the London-headquartered commerce marketing agency, announced two new specialist appointments to its Amazon team, to support the agency’s ongoing international growth. Bella Bui has been appointed Media Buyer, with Febby Mpundu appointed Content Specialist. Following a series of new business successes in the tech sector, the new appointments will bolster smp’s dedicated Amazon team […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, 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 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 […]
The independent creative agency, CULT, has hired Karl Velasco as its Group Creative Head of Fashion & Beauty to sit across both its London & NYC offices. The former Dazed Creative Director joins CULT’s ECD, Matt Watson, to lead the agency’s overall creative offering. Since expanding into the US market in 2017, CULT has seen […]