NABS, the advertising and media industry’s support organisation, has appointed MediaCom chairwoman Karen Blackett OBE as its new president. In her new role, Blackett will be instrumental in driving NABS’ new vision focusing on industry wellbeing. NABS’ vision sits alongside its newly defined role to improve and champion the wellbeing of everyone in advertising and […]
LIDA has appointed Trefor Thomas, Executive Creative Director of SapientNitro, as its Chief Creative Officer (CCO) – a newly created role. Thomas joins the senior management line-up alongside Matthew Heath (Chairman), Victoria Fox (CEO), Jonathan Goodman (Managing Director) Simon Calvert (Chief Strategy Officer). He will sit on the LIDA management board. Starting in June 2016, […]
PSONA, the Communisis-owned agency, has unveiled its new leadership team, which includes former Elvis, Craik Jones and BBH executive Fiona Scott. Scott takes the managing director role at PSONA, working with CEO Simon Marshall to create one of the top UK customer engagement agencies. Scott’s remit is to raise awareness of the brand and promote […]
Leo Burnett announces the appointment of Chaka Sobhani to the role of chief creative officer. Chaka joins Leo Burnett London from Mother. Chaka brings with her 20 years of experience from both the Advertising and Broadcast industries, notably setting up ITV Creative and becoming their first creative director. She started her career as a comedy […]
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced that it will honour industry great Marcello Serpa with the Lion of St. Mark at 2016’s Festival. “The Lion of St. Mark recognises individuals who have made significant and outstanding contributions to creativity across our industry,” said Philip Thomas, CEO, Cannes Lions. “Marcello’s achievements are known […]
International branding agency, Lambie-Nairn has bolstered its team with two new appointments; Fernando Magan as Digital Design Director and Lavanya Sivakumaran as Senior Client Manager. Set to start his new role this month, Magan will report into Executive Creative Director, Adrian Burton. He is tasked with developing the digital capabilities across the agency’s impressive client […]
BMB has boosted its creative offering by hiring Louise Sloper to the new role of Head of Art. Sloper, who was previously Head of Art & Design at CHI & Partners, will be responsible for ensuring the highest level of quality and craft goes into every aspect of the agency’s visual output, across print ads, […]
Havas Media Group has announced the appointment of Darren Minshall as its new Chief Talent Officer. A leading expert in employee engagement and talent management, Minshall joins the agency from Saatchi and Saatchi. Working in partnership with Paul Frampton – the Group’s CEO – as well as its leadership team – Minshall will be responsible […]
In an eye-opening keynote at New York’s Social Media Week, New York Times (NYT) chief executive Mark Thompson outlined the future of the publication and how it fosters innovation. “Sometimes, you should just go with your instinct”; a phrase that reverberated not only around the main room at The Times Centre is Manhattan on Febraury […]
Fresh from winning ‘Best British Solo Artist’ at the NME Awards, British pop sensation, Charli XCX has lent her creative flair to a one of a kind piece of GIF-iti art after teaming up with Pepsi MAX Cherry and London based artist INSA. The campaign, which is her second with the global brand, sees the […]