The AA appoints The Gate as its CRM agency

The AA appoints The Gate as its CRM agency

Following a competitive pitch led by The AA, The Gate has been selected to oversee all its CRM activities. Other shortlisted agencies included Five by Five, Iris and TMW Unlimited. This win builds on The Gate’s appointment as lead Creative Agency for The AA in 2022 and brings together the brand and customer experience. The […]

Independent Brand Design Agency Vault49 Hires Kate McTigue and Martha Kirby in New York

Independent Brand Design Agency Vault49 Hires Kate McTigue and Martha Kirby in New York

Independent brand design agency Vault49 share news of its latest hires in New York: Kate McTigue, who joins as Strategy Director, and Martha Kirby, Senior Client Director. Joining from TRIPTK, where she worked on brands including Nike, Beam-Suntory, and Supreme, Kate will initially collaborate with Vault49‘s clients in North America, including Diageo and PepsiCo. Meg […]

HAVANA CLUB APPOINTS NEW GLOBAL MARKETING DIRECTOR

HAVANA CLUB APPOINTS NEW GLOBAL MARKETING DIRECTOR

Havana Club is announcing a change within its senior team with the appointment of Nathalie Parte to replace Anne Martin as Global Marketing Director of the leading international Cuban rum brand. Parte joins Havana Club from partnering company, Pernod Ricard France, where she served as Brand Director across portfolios including Ricard, Ballantine’s, Jameson, Lillet and […]

Multilocal Strengthens Leadership Team by Appointing Rachel Powney to Lead Global Marketing

Multilocal Strengthens Leadership Team by Appointing Rachel Powney to Lead Global Marketing

Experienced ad-tech professional to enhance Multilocal’s position as the global leader in audience curation Multilocal, the programmatic curation as a service specialist, is pleased to announce the appointment of Rachel Powney to the newly created role of Vice President of Marketing. With 20 years of experience in the ad-tech industry, Rachel is set to lead […]

Award-winning creative team Elliot Lee and Rory Peyton Jones join Saatchi & Saatchi

Award-winning creative team Elliot Lee and Rory Peyton Jones join Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi has bolstered its creative department, led by CCO Franki Goodwin, with the appointment of award-winning creative and directing duo Elliot Lee and Rory Peyton Jones. Lee and Peyton Jones’ work has made significant waves in the industry. Most recently, they were behind ‘The Everyday Tactician’ for Xbox, which has swept the board […]

Publicis Media UK strengthens leadership team with appointment of Chief Technology Officer

Publicis Media UK strengthens leadership team with appointment of Chief Technology Officer

Publicis Media UK today announces the appointment of Andy Cabirdassou as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Cabirdassou will lead a centralised team delivering tech, data, product and AI strategies for all clients across Publicis Media UK, which includes media agencies Zenith, Starcom, Spark Foundry, as well as performance marketing specialists, Performics. An experienced tech and data […]

Hovis announce Mark Brown as the new Chief Marketing Officer

Hovis announce Mark Brown as the new Chief Marketing Officer

To support the acceleration of growth for the iconic bakery brand, Hovis, the business has newly appointed Mark Brown as its Chief Marketing Officer. Mark brings with him a vast and varied knowledge of the food industry, having held Senior Marketing positions at Kraft Foods, Kerry Foods and General Mills. At General Mills he most […]

Digital Media Executive, Kerel Cooper, Joins GumGum as Chief Marketing Officer

Digital Media Executive, Kerel Cooper, Joins GumGum as Chief Marketing Officer

GumGum Strengthens Executive Leadership with Award-Winning Media Veteran GumGum, the leading contextual-first, global digital advertising platform, is excited to announce the appointment of Kerel Cooper as its new Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). “We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome Kerel as our new CMO,” said Phil Schraeder, CEO of GumGum. “This is a game-changing moment for us […]

Cornett Expands Its Already Enviable Strategic Offering with the Hiring of Ginger Smithwick and Ellie Kangur

Cornett Expands Its Already Enviable Strategic Offering with the Hiring of Ginger Smithwick and Ellie Kangur

Independent, full-service advertising agency Cornett is expanding its already substantive strategic offering with the hiring of Ginger Smithwick, SVP, director of Strategy, and Ellie Kangur, brand strategist, CEO and owner Christy Hiler announced today. Smithwick has more than 20 years experience exploring the why behind consumer behavior—and crafting strategies to change them for some of the biggest brands in […]

DUDE Announce New Leadership Line Up

DUDE Announce New Leadership Line Up

DUDE today announce that London CEO Francesca Spitali and London Executive Creative Director Curro Piqueras have been promoted to partners in DUDE London to work in alignment with the group’s central leadership team in Milan. Francesca and Curro’s expertise and creative talents have been pivotal to DUDE‘s growth of the London office. Under their leadership […]