Agency’s co-founder announces exit from the agency after 16 years of leadership Nathan McDonald, the co-founder and group chief executive of global socially-led creative agency We Are Social, has announced that he will step down from the agency. McDonald and Robin Grant founded We Are Social in 2008 as a new kind of agency with […]
Manifest Partner Helen Kenny has been promoted to become the independent group’s first global COO, overseeing its six studio teams and its continued service expansion Global brand communications group, Manifest has today announced the appointment of its first Chief Operating Officer. Helen Kenny has been promoted to the group position, and is now responsible for […]
St Luke’s has today announced the decision to increase the entry level salary of all permanent staff, in all departments to £30k pa as it responds to the challenges the industry faces in both recruiting and retaining talent. The increase is effective immediately and marks a move from the current London Living Wage of £25,643.00, […]
North East-based media agency, Route, has appointed one of the UK’s highest profile FMCG marketers to the board as Non-Executive Director. Gareth Turner, former head of marketing for Weetabix and a driving force behind the viral ‘Beans on Bix’ campaign, has over 23 years of experience in national and global roles, marketing some of the […]
Wickes, the home improvement retailer announce they have appointed St Luke’s as its lead creative agency following a competitive pitch. The pitch was run by intermediary Oystercatchers and involved a final response from three agencies including St Luke’s. St Luke’s will be the lead agency of record for Wickes and its remit includes all creative […]
Move creates market-leading offer in the fast-growing retail media and ecommerce sector Acorn-i, the leading technology-driven ecommerce and retail media company, has integrated with Jellyfish, the global digital marketing business and fellow Brandtech Group company. Together, they create a dynamic entity within Jellyfish: Jellyfish Commerce, a platform-first digital commerce and retail media powerhouse that will […]
Omnicom Media Group (OMG), the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC) has named Dan Clays CEO of OMG EMEA. In his new role, Clays – who has been CEO of OMG UK for the past four years – will oversee strategy, operations and the development and adoption of transformative capabilities to support […]
On March 8, “the biggest small agency in the world” is changing its name to Barrett Hofherr. The past two years have entailed massive growth for Barrett—the biggest in the advertising agency’s 10-year history. President Jamie Barrett says the addition of Matt Hofherr as partner and chief strategy officer in 2021 and an expanded leadership […]
Mondo Robot, a digital product agency that transforms business through design and technology, has named Laura Rich its Director of Product, starting this month. Rich will strategically lead the product and project management function across Mondo Robot’s client portfolio, ensuring excellence in delivery. She will oversee end-to-end implementation and will navigate both client and internal […]
Cogent, the integrated marketing group at the forefront of the Midlands creative industry for over 90 years, today announces the appointment of Ian Gathard as its new CEO. Formerly Cogent’s Managing Director, Ian has held a number of senior positions across the creative and production industry at leading agencies including Junction 11, OLIVER, Bloomberg LP […]