Above+Beyond recruits Joanna Borton as Creative Services Director

Above+Beyond recruits Joanna Borton as Creative Services Director

Joanna Borton is joining Above+Beyond as its first Creative Services Director, and will sit on the board with CEO Zaid Al-Zaidy, ECD David Billing, Brand Services Director Tom Bedwell and Creative Directors Rapha Campos and Ben da Costa. Borton joins from 180 Amsterdam, where she was Head of Project Management. She has previously worked for […]

We Are Social hires Alison Bracegirdle as Creative Director

We Are Social hires Alison Bracegirdle as Creative Director

Socially-led creative agency We Are Social has hired Alison Bracegirdle as creative director in its London headquarters. Alison joins We Are Social from Havas Helia, where she was creative director, working primarily on the agency’s Dove account. She was involved in integrated global campaigns for a range of Dove categories, with stand-out work including Dove’s […]

Relay42 builds upon growth with three new senior leadership appointments

Relay42 builds upon growth with three new senior leadership appointments

Relay42, the leading data management platform (DMP) company that empowers marketers to orchestrate customer journeys, has continued to build upon its strong business growth with three new senior leadership appointments. Mark Van Dijk will join Relay42 as Chief Operations Officer in September 2017. Van Dijk was previously CEO for iProspect Netherlands, which saw him overseeing […]

Serviceplan’s Vera Yu highlights seven social and economic trends for China

Serviceplan’s Vera Yu highlights seven social and economic trends for China

Vera Yu, Head of Strategy at Serviceplan China, Beijing, gave a speech at the International Roadshow 2017: China Insights to German enterprises in Munich with the title ‘The Future is Now’. She shared some current social and economic happenings in China that are influencing the future, including consumption upgrade, sharing economy, live stream, and cash-free […]

Nils Leonard on the need for provocation in the Food and Beverage Industry

Nils Leonard on the need for provocation in the Food and Beverage Industry

Every year, during the Cannes Lions Festival, the who’s who of the Marketing and Advertising Industry congregate at the picturesque city in France, to celebrate the creativity and innovation done over the last year. So if you can afford to grab a ticket to the festival (and we know that isn’t easy!), then running into […]

Creativeland Asia hires Rana Barua as CEO in group restructure

Creativeland Asia hires Rana Barua as CEO in group restructure

A decade after having set up and run what has become one of the largest and most successful independent communications company in India, Creativeland Asia’s Founder & Creative Chairman, Sajan Raj Kurup has announced a strategic move to evolve Creativeland from a communications company into a complete creative eco-system by investing in creating a group that […]

Blis’ Harry Dewhirst on what agencies and brands need to do to maximise their mobile strategy

Blis’ Harry Dewhirst on what agencies and brands need to do to maximise their mobile strategy

Location intelligence company, Blis has been on a roll over the last year, with some innovative projects and movements in the digital marketing space. During the Cannes Lions Festival, we sat down with their President, Harry Dewhirst, who told us about what Blis have been up to this past year and where they plan to go […]

Shazam appoints new Head of Global Marketing Solutions

Shazam appoints new Head of Global Marketing Solutions

Shazam are extremely excited to welcome Alexis Rodriguez as their new Head of Global Marketing Solutions. Based in Shazam’s NYC office and reporting to CRO Greg Glenday, Alexis will oversee the Integrated Marketing, Partner Marketing and Creative Services teams. Alexis Rodriguez is an accomplished creative executive with over 20 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience […]

JWT Amsterdam’s Bas Korsten on cultivating creativity within and being on the forefront of innovation

JWT Amsterdam’s Bas Korsten on cultivating creativity within and being on the forefront of innovation

J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam were the toast of the Marketing and Communications Industry in 2016, greatly thanks to projects such as ‘The Next Rembrandt’ that helped bag them the Innovative Agency of the Year prize at the Cannes Lions Festival last year. A year on, we got a chance to sit down with the Creative […]