Stack has appointed James Champ to the role of planning director. Champ joins Stack, part of the MSQ Partners group of agencies, to lead the agency’s planning department and to boost its strategic offer across all clients. Previously the planning director at Rapier, Champ was also the planning director at The Communications Agency and the […]
Global branding and design agency Hornall Anderson has announced the appointment of Dan Monteith as Managing Partner, based in the agency’s London office. Dan’s industry knowledge and proven track record in building brands make him ideally suited to the newly developed role. Dan will co-lead the agency alongside Managing Director Kim Van Elkan and will […]
It has been announced that John Seifert has assumed the post of Worldwide CEO, Ogilvy & Mather effective immediately. Miles Young, Worldwide Chairman and CEO, Ogilvy & Mather will continue in his position until September 1, 2016, at which point Mr. Seifert will become Worldwide Chairman and CEO and Mr. Young will retain a non-executive […]
Y&R Global Chief Creative Officer Tony Granger and Andrew Dimitriou, Y&R’s CEO of Europe, announced the appointment of Jaime Mandelbaum as Chief Creative Officer of Europe. The São Paulo-born creative who has served as Chief Creative Officer of Y&R Central & Eastern Europe since 2013, will now oversee the global ad agency’s creative efforts across […]
Mindshare South Africa, the global media agency network that is part of WPP, has appointed Thabang Ramogase as its CEO. Thabang has over twenty years’ experience working in the marketing industry. He started his career at Merill Lynch, moving to companies such as the SABC, Coca-Cola, and MTN. In 2003 he founded and was the […]
The creator of Blue Monday is in the Canary Islands replying to tweets from all over the world with the hashtag #BlueMonday. And bombarding social media with relevant and revitalising #STOPBlueMonday messages. Because January 18 is the saddest day of the year, the Canary Islands, in partnership with DEC BBDO, launches a social dayketing initiative without precedent. […]
BMB has boosted its senior team and strategy offering by promoting Tamsin Northridge to the role of head of planning. Northridge, who was previously planning director at BMB, will lead strategy and planning across all BMB clients, including Yorkshire Tea, Dairylea and Homebase. Northridge takes over the day-to-day running of the planning department from planning […]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that Jae Goodman and Josh Rabinowitz will lead juries at Lions Entertainment, the new specialist event where brands, agencies and entertainment companies can focus on producing outstanding creative work together. Jae Goodman, Chief Creative Officer and Co-Head, CAA Marketing, a division of leading entertainment and sports […]
Cheil London has appointed Caitlin Ryan as the agency’s new Executive Creative Director. Ryan, the former Group Executive Creative Director at Karmarama, will oversee Cheil London’s creative output across all clients. She will report to Paul Hammersley, the Group Chief Executive. Ryan first joined Karmarama in 2013 as Group ECD. Prior to that she was […]
MEC has hired Matt Davies as its managing director of Content, Sarah Hennessy, the agency’s managing director announced on January 14. Matt’s appointment reflects the scale of the opportunity that digital content creation and deployment creates for brands across categories. He will be responsible for leading the evolution of MEC’s content offering, to ensure it […]