Matt Pye has been hired by INNOCEAN UK to lead the next chapter in the development of UK business. His remit is to further strengthen the relationships with key INNOCEAN clients including Hyundai Motors UK and Kia Motors UK, and to lead the charge on new business. Pye will report in to Sang-Hoon Rhee, the […]
MEC has won the pan-European media planning and buying account for the consumer division of Monsanto, the company behind Roundup weed killer. The WPP-owned agency won the business without a competitive pitch and the business moves from Arena Media. The brand is planning to run a campaign starting at Easter to coincide with the start […]
Karmarama has been appointed to create the idents for Honda UK’s new Channel 4 film network sponsorship. The win follows a competitive pitch. The Channel 4 film sponsorship is the biggest in the market, and includes all films across Film4, More4 and e4. The two-year sponsorship deal begins next month, with Karmarama’s new creative campaign […]
M&C Saatchi Group, through LIDA (their CRM and direct marketing agency), has acquired a majority stake in MCD Partners, a digital customer experience agency. The US offering will be led by MCD Partners co-founders Ian Magnani, John Caruso, and Wasim Choudhury. LIDA, based out of London, will continue to be led by Matthew Heath, Chairman […]
MEC Manchester has boosted its senior line up by hiring Joanna Parnell as Managing Partner. Parnell will lead the paid digital team and drive forward the agency’s proposition to clients and new business. She reports to MEC Manchester’s Managing Director Mick Style. She joins MEC from Unique Digital where she was Strategy Director. Parnell is […]
The Open University, the UK’s leading provider of quality part time learning has appointed LIDA as its lead agency across all marketing channels. The shop won the integrated account following a competitive pitch led by the Crown Commercial Service that began in January this year. LIDA replaces AMV BDDO on the business. LIDA has been […]
Sam Walker and Joe De Souza, the former group ECDs and partners at Karmarama, have launched a creative shop called Faster Horses. The company is designed to help clients find standout creative solutions to business problems. Operating effectively as a lean “bolt-on” creative department, Faster Horses aims to deliver ambitious work for ambitious clients, providing […]
Maxus has announced the appointment of Robert Marshall as its head of programmatic. Marshall joins from Rocket Fuel, where he was head of UK platform and managed client services for the programmatic marketing platform provider. With five years’ experience within programmatic, he has delivered media buying campaigns and implemented data-driven marketing strategies for some of […]
Native advertising platform Adyoulike has been named as a member of Real Business’ The Everline Future 50. The programme lists the 50 most disruptive and game-changing businesses currently operating in the UK. The 50 businesses were chosen from an original list of 250. Each company was chosen due to its ability to break down barriers, […]
Advertising agency M&C Saatchi has been appointed by the UK Government’s Department for Communities and Local Government, to manage communications for their Neighbourhood Planning campaign following a competitive pitch. The Neighbourhood Planning initiative, which encourages individuals to take advantage of new powers to control and improve what happens in their local area, is one of […]