Gramercy Park Studios has appointed Javier Santaella as Motion Graphics Designer as it continues to bolster creativity within the growing department. In his role, Santaella will support the burgeoning production team across 2D and 3D animation. Santaella joins GPS with a background combining skills in 2D, 3D and VFX, building his career as a motion […]
Creative agency Space has appointed Jamie King as Strategy Director to work across its client portfolio which includes William Grant & Sons, Heineken, Arla Foods and General Mills. King, formerly Executive Planning Director at Live & Breathe, will be responsible for the strategic output of the agency and further strengthening its planning and insight capabilities. […]
Ecrebo, the point of sale marketing specialist, announced it has appointed Mike Grimes as their US President. Bringing more than 25 years’ experience in growth-stage organisations focused on retail solutions, Grimes will be responsible for accelerating Ecrebo’s operations in North America to grow and support its customer base in the US. Earlier in 2017, Ecrebo received £12 million […]
Brothers and Sisters has appointed Will Flack and Aaron Willmer as its joint Executive Creative Directors. The promotion of the team, previously the agency’s Creative Directors, will enable Andy Fowler, Brothers and Sisters’ current Executive Creative Director, to focus on growing a couple of the agency’s biggest client relationships and developing innovation projects in the […]
PR and social media communications consultancy WPR Agency, formerly Willoughby Public Relations, has appointed Rebecca Williams as consumer director. Rebecca joins the Edgbaston-based agency having spent 10 years at McCann in Solihull where she headed up accounts including Oxfam, Robert Welch and McCarthy & Stone. As consumer director at WPR she will be tasked with expanding […]
Full-service, integrated marketing agency bigdog’s Norwich office has made nine new hires, following a successful quarter of new client projects and wins. The hires will grow the Norwich creative team by 30%. Michael Howes joins as creative director, following an extensive period freelancing at bigdog. Drawing on his rich experience working on agency accounts including […]
Weetabix Food Company UK & Ireland has appointed Becky Hain as the new Head of Category. Becky joined Weetabix as a graduate commercial trainee in 2003, after which she held several National Account Management roles across Morrisons, Iceland, Coop, J Sainsbury’s, Netto and Waitrose. In 2011 Becky left Weetabix to work for Findus Group as […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]