Smith & Milton has hired Rob Wade to the role of group creative director to reinforce both its senior management team and its creative credentials. Wade will join Smith & Milton’s founder and group chairman Howard Milton and group managing director Ben Mott on the brand consultancy’s main shareholding board, as well as sitting on […]
Award-winning, international branding agency, Lambie-Nairn, has announced the appointment of Andy Hayes as its new Managing Director Northern Europe and Middle East. His move marks a promotion from his current role of Regional Director in the Middle East. In his new role, based in London, Hayes will continue to oversee the Lambie-Nairn business in the […]
Leading brand design consultancy Holmes & Marchant is proud to announce it has hired Harry Cox as senior designer to work across its client portfolio. Reporting to Jeremy Shaw, Holmes & Marchant Creative Director Europe, Harry will be working across the agency’s diverse range of clients, from Unilever to Informa. Harry joins from his position […]
A retail space in Hackney which will allow customers to buy products for the homeless for Christmas is set to launch in November, 2015. Crack and Cider is a world first, and was devised by Scarlett Montanaro, a creative at AnalogFolk and strategist Charlotte Cramer (currently at Vice). The brand takes its name from a […]
Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo is building out his fashion empire, with a new line of boots from Nike paying homage to his career, and the second launch from his CR7 footwear range. Nike will release seven Mercurial CR7 boots dedicated to Ronaldo, similar to the Mercurial Superfly CR7 range the player already wears. The boots […]
Trevor Melvin has become the latest multi-award-winning director to join Hotspur & Argyle’s rapidly expanding roster of talent. The signing follows the recent arrival of animation supremo Chris Shepherd at Hotspur & Argyle. Melvin joins H&A from RSA where he has been signed since 2008. He also previously worked with Paul Weiland and Blink. Melvin […]
Derren Brown, the acclaimed British maestro of mind control, has announced details of a unique partnership with Thorpe Park Resort, to create the world’s first fully immersive psychological attraction for a theme park. The star, who is best known for his mind blowing TV specials and interactive stage shows, has become synonymous with the art […]
MarComm News’ Editorial Director Neeraj Nayar, sat down with DDB Mudra Group’s Group CEO & Managing Director, Madhukar Kamath on his recent trip to London, to get the low down on the rapidly growing Indian Advertising and Marketing Industry. Madhukar has more than three decades of experience in Advertising and Marketing Services and has spent […]
Tom Adamski, who served as global chief executive officer of Publicis Groupe‘s Razorfish Global network for less than one year, has passed away after a battle with cancer. He was 43 years old. Shannon Denton, the Razorfish veteran and North American CEO, stepped up to serve as interim global chief when Adamski began receiving treatment. […]
McCann London has bolstered McCann LIVE, its digital and social offering, by hiring Irina Kondrashova as Strategy Director and the BBC’s Chris Hamilton in the new role of Editorial Director. Irina Kondrashova leads McCann LIVE’s integrated strategic services and is part of the planning team working across L’Oreal Paris, Microsoft and Zurich. Previously, Irina was […]