Havas helia is strengthening its senior leadership with the appointment of Louise Whitcombe, current COO at LIDA, as Group Managing Director. Whitcombe will lead the helia Group agencies across London and Cirencester. Whitcombe started her career at GGT Direct before senior leadership roles at Lowe and DraftFcb. She became Deputy Managing Director at LIDA before […]
DDB Group Worldwide has appointed Joji Jacob, Group Executive Creative Director, DDB Group Singapore as Head of DDB Asia’s Creative Council. In addition to his creative remit covering Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Korea, Joji will also take care of India working closely with Sonal Dabral, Chief Creative Officer of DDB Mudra. “DDB is one […]
Forward Media, part of Havas Media Group, has appointed Tony Mattson as its Head of Strategy. He joins the agency this week from UM London where he worked for almost a decade, latterly as Managing Partner, Strategy. In his new role at Forward Media, the newest agency within the Havas Media Group stable, Mattson will […]
Cheil Worldwide has hired McCann’s Richard Newman to drive growth for the ad agency network as regional chief growth officer. Newman was previously chief marketing officer for McCann, a role he has held since 2011. He will report to Aaron Lau, president of international, and CEO of Cheil Greater China. Lau stated in a press release: “We […]
OLIVER Group has appointed Sharon Whale as its new group UK CEO. Simon Martin, OLIVER Group’s founder and current UK CEO, moves into the role of chairman and global CEO. Martin’s new role will focus on delivering growth internationally, while continuing to support OLIVER Group’s expansion in the UK. Whale will be responsible for all […]
Matthew Weiner has been appointed as a Senior Strategist by the international creative content company, The Moment. He joins a growing content strategy team, led by Sandra Peat, and will help to create and execute elegant strategies and inspire creative solutions for The Moment’s brand clients. A former journalist and editor for The Times/FourFourTwo/Goal/CNN, Matthew […]
Independent creative agency, RPM, has hired Jocelyn Turlan as Integrated Strategist and Gloria Cheng as Senior Shopper Strategist who will both start immediately. Turlan and Cheng will be working across RPM’s clients including Heineken, Virgin Holidays, Diageo and Sky. Both will report to Head of Strategy, John Viccars, their respective areas of expertise will enhance […]
Creative agency Sedley Place has announced the appointment of Lara Farnham as design director. Farnham will work alongside managing director Mick Nash, planning director Giles Calver, and head of business development Ron Cregan, on the senior management team. She will be responsible for all 2D design and will be based at the agency’s London office. […]
As 23red celebrates a 20% increase in income and significant profit growth year-on-year, the creative communications agency has appointed Marcus Hernon to the new position of Client Partner overseeing a portfolio of private sector clients. With 15 years’ experience in the industry, including as board director level at agency Iris and most recently as client […]
Omobono, the digital agency for business brands, has announced the appointment of Jonathon Palmer as Head of Strategy. Jonathon will lead the global strategy and UX teams at Omobono to deliver world class strategic thinking to some of the world’s largest business brands including Shell, Thomson Reuters and JLL. He’ll also continue to serve on […]