Independent global marketing and media consultancy Ebiquity has announced the appointment of Alan Rutherford as Global Chairman of its Media practice. Rutherford will take up his new position this month, working closely with Group CEO Michael Karg to continue to transform Ebiquity’s client offering, deepen Ebiquity’s relationships with agency networks, represent Ebiquity at high profile […]
American Tourister, leading international luggage brand, announced the signing of international football superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, as its new brand ambassador for 2018. Five-time winner, a world record, and the current holder of the FIFA Ballon d’Or Award (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017), the former Manchester United (2003-2009) and Real Madrid (2009-present) goal-scoring record-breaker has won […]
Which? is pleased to announce the appointment of Charlotte Cool to the newly created post of Group Communications Director. Charlotte will lead external and internal communications across the Which? group, continuing to build its membership and its impact in making consumers’ lives easier, safer and fairer. Charlotte joins Which? from ASDA where she was Vice […]
Wavemaker, the new billion-dollar revenue, media, content and technology agency, has appointed Oleg Korenfeld as Global Chief Platforms Officer. Based in New York, Oleg will develop and deploy Wavemaker’s platforms suite globally. He’ll work closely with GroupM’s global Platforms team and key clients and prospects to connect Wavemaker’s data and products to [m]Platform, turning audience […]
Creative agency Space has strengthened its creative team with two senior hires to work across the agency’s client portfolio which includes William Grant & Sons, Heineken, Arla Foods, General Mills and Wimbledon. Cat Kempsell, former Creative Group Head at Live & Breathe, and Sam Pepper, former Senior Creative at Wasserman, both join Space as Creative […]
Spark44 has announced the appointment of Ralf Specht as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), elected by the Joint Venture Board of Management. As of 1 January 2018, Mr Specht replaces Steve Woolford as CEO, who is retiring from the business. After a successful career with global automotive brands and communications agencies, Steve developed the Spark44 business […]
As Serviceplan International continue to expand their unique House of Communication model across the globe, making strategic creative and management hires to reflect their increasingly global outlook, Serviceplan China has appointed Chong Kin as Chief Creative Officer Greater China, Marcus Ma as Managing Director Beijing, and Lili Pang as General Manager Shanghai. Chong Kin and […]
MarComm’s Star Parade is a series where we shine the spotlight on some of the global stars from the Marketing and Communications industry, and Souvik Datta has been a creative beacon in India for over 17 years now. Creativeland Asia’s executive creative director has previously worked for some of India’s leading agencies and his work has also […]
Above+Beyond has strengthened its creative department with two new hirings – Creatives Ben Gough and Jordan Dale. Gough is a recent runner-up in the 2017 Homespun Yarns short film competition for his film ‘How A Kite Flies’ – a humorous yet heart-warming story of loneliness narrated by Sir Ian McKellen. He has worked as a […]
WPP has appointed Karen Blackett to the newly created position of UK country manager. In an internal memo to staff, Sir Martin Sorrell said Blackett – currently chairwoman of MediaCom UK – will focus on WPP’s core strategic priority of horizontality, ensuring that the group’s companies “work together effectively and present a seamlessly integrated and […]