Saatchi & Saatchi has bolstered its creative department, led by CCO Franki Goodwin, with the appointment of award-winning creative and directing duo Elliot Lee and Rory Peyton Jones. Lee and Peyton Jones’ work has made significant waves in the industry. Most recently, they were behind ‘The Everyday Tactician’ for Xbox, which has swept the board […]
Andy Blenkle appointed President to expand government practice Independent agency Yes& has consolidated its federal government business in a new subsidiary, Yes& Federal LLC, offering outstanding strategic communications, integrated marketing, branding, advertising, and public relations services along with top-tier creative production including copywriting, graphic design, video, digital/online, and events. Yes& Federal will support the government’s ongoing efforts by […]
Publicis Media UK today announces the appointment of Andy Cabirdassou as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Cabirdassou will lead a centralised team delivering tech, data, product and AI strategies for all clients across Publicis Media UK, which includes media agencies Zenith, Starcom, Spark Foundry, as well as performance marketing specialists, Performics. An experienced tech and data […]
To support the acceleration of growth for the iconic bakery brand, Hovis, the business has newly appointed Mark Brown as its Chief Marketing Officer. Mark brings with him a vast and varied knowledge of the food industry, having held Senior Marketing positions at Kraft Foods, Kerry Foods and General Mills. At General Mills he most […]
Sparteo, the adtech platform for publishers, has appointed Rachel Saada to the newly created role of Head of Marketing. Rachel will focus on the UK market, alongside France, as the Paris-based scale-up projects growth of over 50% in 2024. Rachel joins Sparteo from global creator company, Jellysmack, where she led its EMEA marketing operation in […]
GumGum Strengthens Executive Leadership with Award-Winning Media Veteran GumGum, the leading contextual-first, global digital advertising platform, is excited to announce the appointment of Kerel Cooper as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). “We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome Kerel as our new CMO,” said Phil Schraeder, CEO of GumGum. “This is a game-changing moment for us […]
Independent, full-service advertising agency Cornett is expanding its already substantive strategic offering with the hiring of Ginger Smithwick, SVP, director of Strategy, and Ellie Kangur, brand strategist, CEO and owner Christy Hiler announced today. Smithwick has more than 20 years experience exploring the why behind consumer behavior—and crafting strategies to change them for some of the biggest brands in […]
DUDE today announce that London CEO Francesca Spitali and London Executive Creative Director Curro Piqueras have been promoted to partners in DUDE London to work in alignment with the group’s central leadership team in Milan. Francesca and Curro’s expertise and creative talents have been pivotal to DUDE‘s growth of the London office. Under their leadership […]
AnalogFolk is calling on the industry to participate in recommending outstanding diverse and female creative talent to create an Open Source pool of talent that all agencies can share and utilise to help meet their DEI targets and drive the industry forward AnalogFolk, the global independent digitally native creative agency whose mission is to use digital to […]
Leo Burnett UK has strengthened its senior strategy team, led by Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) Josh Bullmore and Deputy CSO Tom Sussman, with the appointment of two new Planning Directors, Ipeknaz Erel and Rebecca Priest. Erel, an industry rising star and diversity champion named on the IPA iList 2024 shortlist joins from McCann London and […]