McCann Worldgroup announced it has named Chris Macdonald and Nannette Dufour to new leadership positions. Macdonald has been promoted to President, Advertising & Allied Agencies, and Dufour to President, Global Clients & Business Leadership. Harris Diamond, Chairman and CEO, McCann Worldgroup, said, “Nannette and Chris will work along with Bill Kolb, who is President, Diversified […]
Publicis Media announced new leadership for its dedicated sports marketing and entertainment offering, Publicis Media Sport and Entertainment (PMSE), which sits within the organisation’s global Content practice. Ben Cronin has been appointed Global Head of the practice. He will replace Robin Clarke, who has decided to leave the business to pursue a new opportunity outside […]
Unlimited Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Richards as its Group Managing Director. Following the recent announcement of the Group’s restructure and rebrand around its seven core disciplines, making the business more effective, accountable and appealing to clients, Michael has been appointed to focus and join up efforts to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by this […]
RAPP UK has promoted Hiten Bhatt to Creative Director – Design. Having joined the team in 2016, he will report into RAPP’s Chief Creative Officer, Al Mackie. Bhatt is now responsible for the design output across all of RAPP’s clients, including Virgin Media, PayPal and Mercedes-Benz and will focus on continuing RAPP’s unwavering commitment to […]
Live & Breathe, the integrated brand activation agency, has appointed Sarah Anderson into the newly created role of Client Service Director. She is joining from Vividbrand, where, as business director, she oversaw clients including Nestlé, Pernod Ricard and Unilever. Prior to this, Anderson worked at a number of creative agencies across the globe, including Leo […]
Integrated communications, engagement, and events agency, Touch announced that Andrew Wilkie will join the company as Global Creative & Engagement Director, and will be taking up his position on the Board of Touch effective immediately. Andrew Wilkie joins Touch at a time when the agency is primed to grow in new, modern and innovative ways. […]
Spark Foundry UK announced the appointment of Shula Sinclair as Global Head of Strategy. The newly created London-based role places her at the forefront of driving overall product output and strategic thinking coming out of the international client teams and practice leads across EMEA, MENA and APAC, as well as the wider planning teams within […]
Saatchi & Saatchi London has promoted Sam Hawkey and Larissa Vince to the roles of chief operating officer and managing director respectively. Sam, who has been promoted from managing director, will lead the agency’s vision and direction, and have responsibility for its commercial performance. Larissa has been promoted from chief growth officer, and will continue […]
UM, the IPG Mediabrands full-service global media agency, has appointed Rachel Forde as UK CEO. In this newly-created role, Forde will spearhead UM’s growth plans to develop a future-facing media agency that meets the changing needs of its clients. Building on IPG Mediabrands’ significant growth this past year and global client wins of Accenture, Coach […]
The Green Light List launched on April 16. A resource for emerging talent in the creative industries as they embark on their careers, aiming to address the unfair treatment of juniors. The platform was created by design educator Jenny Theolin, in collaboration with creative technology company rehab, after her LinkedIn post calling out the poor […]