Bigballs Media has hired James Kirkham as the head of Copa90 and the chief strategy officer for Bigballs Media Europe. Kirkham, the former head of mobile and social at Leo Burnett Worldwide and co-founder of Holler, has a remit to help build and grow the Copa90 brand, audience, and revenues globally. He will immediately develop […]
Campaign to End Loneliness has appointed creative agency 23red to lead its communications campaign to raise awareness of the issue of loneliness affecting older people in the UK. In November 2015, the Campaign to End Loneliness, a coalition of organisations dedicated to ending chronic loneliness in older age, issued a brief for a creative partner. […]
MEC has made changes to its global management team and UK agency leadership, setting it up globally and locally to continue to develop and thrive, Charles Courtier, the Global CEO of MEC announced on February 4. Jason Dormieux takes the helm as sole UK CEO and Stuart Bowden becomes Global Chief Strategy Officer. Jason will lead […]
Kieve Ducharme has joined BBD Perfect Storm as its first Operations Director to oversee all aspects of the agency’s operations and production. She was previously at Quiet Storm where she had been overseeing production and operations. Ducharme has integrated experience in branded entertainment, content and broadcast and was previously part of Hogarth, the production arm […]
Wunderman UK has appointed Rob Curran as Head of User Experience. Curran joins from RAPP, where he was Director of User Experience, to lead the charge in ensuring that Wunderman UK continues to offer the best in class digital experiences to its clients. He will be working across a number of accounts, including Legal and […]
Kaleidovision, the specialist digital and music consultancy, launches a new immersive pre-sales experience for multi-award winning fitness brand Gymbox. For the first time, potential clients can get a taster of the new club opening at Victoria, with an interactive digital touchscreen which enables a ‘virtual’ walk-through in advance of the opening. The new Gymbox at […]
Marketing communications group Creston Unlimited announces a partnership agreement with fellow international marketing communications group Ariadna. The Ariadna Holding Group – the leading Latin American independent agency group – shares major clients with Creston Unlimited including Diageo, Nissan, Toyota and Unilever. Ariadna offers the full breadth of marketing services including strategy, creative, media and tech. […]
Penguin Random House has hired creative brand communications agency Taylor Herring for a campaign to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the birth of famed British author, illustrator, conservationist, farmer and scientist Beatrix Potter. Following a competitive pitch process, Taylor Herring are developing a campaign which is set to bring a series of key characters from […]
Rediffusion Y&R is relocating its Mumbai Corporate office to Lotus Corporate Park in Goregaon (East). The new office is built on 27,000 sq ft area on the 18th floor. It will bring the offices of entire group companies together namely Rediffusion Y&R, Everest Brand Solutions, Sudler & Hennessey (S&H) and Rediffusion Wunderman. This bigger space […]
J. Walter Thompson and Mirum Singapore have launched The Social Team, a new social media offering that provides clients access to digital, analytics, content, strategy and creative expertise across both agencies through one specialized team. “This is all about creating synergies for our clients. We’ve got social media expertise on both our agencies, we’ve got […]