To help to continue to build Chemistry’s agency culture and set the tone within the creative department, Chemistry has brought on Group Creative Director, Brittany Riley, effective immediately. In this newly created role, Brittany will help lead efforts for Red Bull, The Atlanta Hawks and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Brittany most recently served as Arnold […]
Proximity Worldwide has promoted Troy Hitch from Chief Innovation Officer at Barefoot Proximity to the newly created role of Global Chief Innovation Officer. Effective immediately, Hitch will report into Global President, Mike Dodds, and join the global leadership team. Hitch is a seasoned executive agency leader with experience enabling Fortune 100 companies to achieve digital […]
WRG, the experience agency that is a division of The Creative Engagement Group, has hired two new design specialists to join its existing team. Richard Hague and Oliver Webley will boost WRG’s creative department in Manchester. Hague joins WRG as graphic designer from special projects graphic design and branding studio Hague & Hague which he […]
Bristol-based CRM company, Armadillo, which works with big name brands including McDonald’s, hotels.com and Disney, has welcomed three new employees to its team. Steph Dearing joins Armadillo’s creative team as Digital Developer alongside two new Account Executives, Izzy Crackett and Joe Panayiotou. Dearing joins Armadillo with seven years’ experience within the creative industry under her […]
The Gate London has appointed WCRS Group Account Director, Vicky Janaway, to the newly created position of Client Services Director. Janaway’s responsibilities will include leading client business as well growing the client services team and developing agency talent. She will report to Jamie Elliott, CEO. Shortlisted for this year’s IPA Women of Tomorrow awards, she […]
Saatchi & Saatchi London has hired Guillermo Vega, the former ECD of 72andSunny New York, as its Chief Creative Officer. Joining on October 1, Vega will lead the agency’s creative department and build on its existing creative success. His appointment completes the Saatchi & Saatchi London management team, alongside Sam Hawkey (Chief Operating Officer), Richard […]
Iain Renwick, the former CEO of Liberty and executive chairman of Livia Firth’s brand sustainability consultancy Eco-Age and a non-executive director for a diverse range of organisations, has been appointed as a board director at next generation consultancy, BrandCap Group. Iain is the first external appointment to the board at BrandCap marking the consultancy’s ambitious […]
WRG, a division of The Creative Engagement Group has named Claire Smart as Scientific Engagement Director, with a brief to provide strategic and scientific input across healthcare projects. She reports to Jayne Marks, Head of Healthcare Communications at WRG. Claire joins from Sponge UK where she was an E-learning Solution Specialist (pharma and healthcare). She […]
CULT welcomes Lauren Smeets as its new Talent Strategist. Smeets joins the agency from millennial e-commerce platform, Student High Street where she held the role as Influencer Manager, here she developed and executed strategy, managed relationships between influencers and brands and monitored and analysed influencer engagement across social media. Before joining this ‘destination platform’, Smeets […]
As part of the continued reboot of the agency, Y&R London has appointed Sophie Lewis, currently head of planning at Iris and one of the 2014 winners of the IPA’s Women of Tomorrow competition, as its new chief strategy officer. Sophie will sit on the senior management team, working alongside Paul Lawson (CEO), Jon Burley […]