AllofUs, the interactive design and user-experience agency, has hired Capital Oneâs former head of design Heather Eddy as user experience director. Her appointment coincides with a re-engineering of AllofUs to focus outright on business transformation through digital and service design. Eddy has experience at client companies including Fidelity Investments, Gilt Taste and Scholastic Book Clubs […]
The CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles) Action fund has turned candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, Donald Trump’s statements about Latinos against him in a new spot. The ad features various Latinos “owning up” to the characterizations Mr. Trump had made of them as dealers, killers, murderers, attackers, traffickers and […]
Following recent events, Tamara Ingram, currently Chief Client Team Officer at WPP, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of J. Walter Thompson Company, replacing Gustavo Martinez, who has resigned, with immediate effect. The announcement comes a week after Erin Johnson, the agency’s chief communications officer, filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Federal Court alleging Martinez had […]
Matt Pye has been hired by INNOCEAN UK to lead the next chapter in the development of UK business. His remit is to further strengthen the relationships with key INNOCEAN clients including Hyundai Motors UK and Kia Motors UK, and to lead the charge on new business. Pye will report in to Sang-Hoon Rhee, the […]
MEC Manchester has boosted its senior line up by hiring Joanna Parnell as Managing Partner. Parnell will lead the paid digital team and drive forward the agency’s proposition to clients and new business. She reports to MEC Manchester’s Managing Director Mick Style. She joins MEC from Unique Digital where she was Strategy Director. Parnell is […]
International Womenâs Day may have been on March 9, but we here at MarComm News think women should be celebrated year round for their amazing work and not just in the marketing industry. But Marketing and Communication is our bread and butter so we have decided to feature a few women who we think are […]
Award-winning customer acquisition agency, The Specialist Works, has appointed Lucy Davis to Head of Brand Partnerships. The newly created role will see Davis have direct responsibility for several services, including Goodwill Works (facilitating client partnerships to deliver low cost acquisitions), Personar, the UKâs only personality-type database and email and postal data. Davis will be heading […]
DewGibbons + Partners, the London-based independent brand design consultancy, has hired former Saatchi & Saatchi Creative Director Paul Domenet to the new role of Creative Director Communications. In a distinct departure from the creative industry’s business as usual, Domenet will be developing communications as an integral part of the agency’s strategic brand design offering. He […]
VML has promoted Chris Wood to Executive Director, Europe, and Amanda Farmer to Managing Director, London, as the agency expands its global operations. Chris has led VML’s London office for the past five years in his role as Managing Director, overseeing accounts such as Premier League, Whitbread, Xbox, Bridgestone and Virgin Active as the agency […]
Verto Analytics, the world’s first single-source, cross-device audience measurement solution provider, announced two key strategic executive appointments to further position Verto Analytics as the global leader in next-generation media measurement services. Alison Murdock has joined Verto Analytics as Senior Vice President, Marketing, and is responsible for leading global brand strategy, marketing, and communications out of […]