Talon, the U.K.’s largest independent Out of Home (OOH) media specialist, has expanded its U.S. coverage with the purchase of Grandesign, a U.S. independent OOH media agency headquartered in San Diego. Grandesign is the second-largest independent OOH agency in the U.S., delivering traditional and experiential OOH across six offices. This purchase only affects Grandesign’s traditional vertical, […]
Ford Motor Company has appointed Unlimited Group to provide dealer marketing strategy and support for all Ford UK Dealers via a new on-site agency based with the team at its head office. Having introduced Unlimited Possibilities, a data-led approach using human understanding alongside a robust planning methodology CatalystÓ, Ford is the latest win for Unlimited Group under the leadership of new Group […]
Outdoor retailer Outdoor and Cycle Concepts has appointed Arena Media, part of Havas Group Media, to handle the UK media planning and buying business for Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock. Cotswold Outdoor and Snow+Rock chose to appoint Arena Media to the account following a competitive pitch. Arena Media will work with the two brands to help […]
72andSunny Amsterdam has expanded its team in the Netherlands with a number of new hires as part of its drive to boost its creative power to higher levels. Chris Colliton and Kevin Weir join as creative directors. A strong duo with a phenomenal portfolio of work and a humorous tone, they have specific account responsibility […]
UM has appointed Simon Taylor as Managing Partner for American Express (Amex). Taylor joins the agency from Havas Media UK, where he also held the position of Managing Partner. Reporting directly to UM’s UK CEO Rachel Forde, Taylor will be responsible for driving all of Amex’s media delivery in the UK, as well as overseeing […]
ustwo London, the digital product and services studio, has hired Anna Soisalo as Strategy Director to lead the agency’s growing strategic practice to help clients make, change and learn together. Soisalo joins this month from Smart Design where she is Executive Director (Strategy) and with her arrival, the ustwo London Leadership team is now complete. […]
KineticX, the start-up incubator focused on emerging technologies in the Out of Home (OOH) space and a division of OOH media agency Kinetic, has announced a partnership with environmental media start-up Pluvo. As a result of the deal, Kinetic clients will be the first to have access to Pluvo’s unique air-purifying advertising inventory, at valuable […]
Video and animation content creation company AVC Immediais delighted to announce that Richard Baron and Angus Turner have joined the company as Creative Director and Creative Business Development Manager respectively growing and strengthening the company’s creative media division. AVC Immedia is a specialist in creating video, animation and digital content. Its client portfolio spans global […]
Drinks design specialist Denomination announced the appointment of Giles Darwin as Managing Director of the UK office, and Roy Tahtinen as Creative Director of the San Francisco studio, further strengthening the agency’s strategic and creative design expertise in the international drinks industry. Giles will be heading up UK and European operations from Denomination’s Central London […]
Blue State Digital, the values-driven creative and campaigns agency, has announced the promotion of Hannah Johnson to managing director in the UK. Johnson has been with the agency for three years and was previously business director. In her new role, she will be responsible for overseeing a growing team as well as campaign and market […]