Dominic Goldman joins Above+Beyond as Executive Creative Director

Dominic Goldman joins Above+Beyond as Executive Creative Director

Former BBH Creative Partner and Grey ECD, Dominic Goldman, is joining Above+Beyond as the agency’s Executive Creative Director. Goldman began his career as a digital creative at Media Arts and went on to create integrated work for agencies in Asia and the US including Ogilvy and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. He joined BBH London in […]

Melting Pot Podcast Worldwide Launch

A new podcast series about conversations with ordinary people leading extraordinary lives.

Melting Pot Podcast Worldwide Launch

A new lifestyle podcast series, Melting Pot has been launched and is made available worldwide. The show is hosted and produced by Payal Nayar, Founder of Voices and More.  Melting Pot is a series conceived and produced by Payal Nayar in an attempt to share some human stories from all over the world through conversations with inspiring […]

Pinterest hires new UK+IRE Country Manager

Pinterest hires new UK+IRE Country Manager

Pinterest announced Milka Kramer is joining Pinterest as Country Manager for the UK and Ireland. Milka is a media and tech industry veteran with vast experience managing fast-growing sales teams and operations at the pan-European level. As country manager for the UK and Ireland, Milka’s responsibilities will include working closely with brands and agencies to […]

Three new hires at TabMo

Mobile advertising specialist focuses on client support and cross-channel sales to promote its co-managed service

Three new hires at TabMo

Mobile-first advertising company TabMo, has appointed three new team members to support the increased use of its Hawk platform. This includes the managed and self-serve options, as well as a growth in the number of agencies and advertisers signing up to the unique co-managed trading model. TabMo’s hybrid offering complements its managed and self-service solutions; clients […]

Letting go in lockdown

By Richard Williams, Chairman, Williams Murray Hamm

Letting go in lockdown

When lockdown happened, I imagined that everything was going to hell in a handcart and I’d cling on to things I knew and trusted. A metaphorical reaching out for the banister rail. In fact, I’ve done the opposite. BBC Radio has been the first casualty. I never want to hear a politician ever again, so […]

Pete Edwards named Chief Executive Officer of Spark Foundry in the UK

Edwards succeeds Lindsay Turner who is stepping down from her role

Pete Edwards named Chief Executive Officer of Spark Foundry in the UK

Publicis Media has today announced the appointment of Pete Edwards as Chief Executive Officer of Spark Foundry UK. Edwards will lead the agency as it continues to drive growth and innovation for its clients, and will report directly to Sue Frogley, Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Media UK.  Edwards joined the agency in June 2019 as […]

NEW HIRE: Cheil appoints Mariana Peluffo, Regional Creative Director for Central America

NEW HIRE: Cheil appoints Mariana Peluffo, Regional Creative Director for Central America

Cheil welcomes Mariana as Regional Creative Director for Central America. Reporting to CEO and president at Cheil Central America, Kyung Keun Choi, Peluffo will be responsible for all Samsung communications across the 14 countries of her business region.  Peluffo has picked up a number of international and regional awards for her work including Concurso Buenas […]

WT Gothic – New Font by Wunderman Thompson Creatives

Two Wunderman Thompson designers based in the. U.K. created a new font themselves for Wunderman Thompson, called WT Gothic.

WT Gothic – New Font by Wunderman Thompson Creatives

To do this, they studied the history of Wunderman and J. Walter Thompson’s respective origins, researching the past to define moments where each agency inspired growth as a brand. The designers looked at key design elements of the older timeframes (i.e.: building facades, advertisements, and fonts of the legacy agencies), using their inspiration to create one new typeface.  Key points about the process: Variability, sound, motion, and data were key considerations during development, all around inspiring growth.  Geography and […]

Creative business owners launch YouTube channel to inspire professionals

Creative business owners launch YouTube channel to inspire professionals

Two Nottingham-based business owners have launched Tale Talks; a video series of bite-sized video Q&As with business professionals, entrepreneurs and athletes from across the Midlands region, to share insight and inspire. Tale Talks started as an idea born during the current lockdown period by Alex Lees of Tale Production and Jennie Holland of Jennie Holland PR. Having moved […]

IoT Agency SharpEnd solidifies client services team with new brand-side hires

IoT Agency SharpEnd solidifies client services team with new brand-side hires

SharpEnd, the Internet of Things agency, has bolstered its client leadership team with the addition of client-side marketers Eddy Peters and Paul O’Connor. Eddy joins from Pernod Ricard’s Gin Hub, where he was the global digital lead, responsible for spearheading digital strategies across the gin portfolio. Paul arrives from his global Brand Manager role at […]