Publicis Media UK today announced two senior appointments to further accelerate its Commerce and Retail Media capabilities inside its media agencies, Zenith, Starcom and Spark Foundry. Steve Ricketts is appointed to the new role of Chief Commerce Officer, to lead and accelerate its commerce offering. Ricketts will oversee a team of commerce-focused experts, who build […]
Jonathon Spalding has been promoted to the role of creative director at independent, full-service, female-owned agency Cornett in Lexington, Kentucky. He was previously associate creative director at the agency. A homegrown creative with a knack for out-of-the-box ideas, Spalding found his way to Cornett in 2013 as a junior copywriter. He works on Cornett clients VisitLEX, Keeneland, […]
St Luke’s, the independent creative agency, has appointed award-winning strategist Elly Fenlon as Planning Director to strengthen its strategy team. Fenlon has made her name as a brand planner who is passionate about creating work which moves audiences while solving client problems, and for her commitment to improving the representation of marginalised groups in the […]
Global brand experience and packaging design agency Vault49 is pleased to share the news of its latest hire, Charlie Hughes, who is joining as Strategy Director in its growing UK studio. Reporting directly to Vault49’s Head of Strategy, Meg Asaro, and collaborating closely with Jonny Bateman, Creative Director in London, Charlie will lead work across […]
Global branding consultancy Wolff Olins has appointed Edelman’s Vice President of Business Transformation, Julia Race, to the newly created position of Senior Director of Culture, where she will focus on further developing its employee experience offer. Race, who will be based in New York, will partner with both US and global clients to define and […]
Independent creative agency Pereira O’Dell has hired Juliana Constantino, former Global Creative Product Lead at Meta, as Executive Creative Director. Constantino spent over 8 years at Meta, her first five at Facebook and later Instagram, ultimately leading global creative product for the Instagram Creative Lab. Most notably in 2017, she led the go-to-market strategy for […]
Former Chief Creative Officer of BBDO, David&Goliath, and The Wonderful Company brings big-brand experience and creative bench-strength to fast-growing agency. Bobby Pearce has joined Gravity Global in the newly created role as U.S. Head of Creative. The announcement follows the agency’s acquisition of 9thWonder, which increased its overall business by 40% and brought its U.S. […]
Hege Lorvik to lead Norwegian push as high impact specialist continues growth across the continent High impact ad specialist Adnami has appointed Hege Lorvik as Norwegian Commercial Director, marking the Denmark-based tech company’s first formal step into the Norwegian market. Hege’s appointment comes as Adnami staffs up across several key European markets, also adding Paul […]
Omnicom PR Group (OPRG) today announced the appointment of Jillian Janaczek as CEO of Porter Novelli, the strategic communications agency that helps companies and brands use purpose to do business better. Jillian Janacek will report to Chris Foster, CEO of OPRG and be part of the global leadership team. “Jillian has the right experience, expertise and vision to […]
Brand transformation and creative change agency Born Ugly today announces the appointment of its new Senior Creative, Ryan Spence, who will be working in the design team. Ryan joins Born Ugly to support with the growing client base, where he will specifically help bring ideas to life, working with the wider team on conceptual ideation. The appointment […]