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 […]
BMB has won the advertising account for the UK’s Number 1 dry shampoo brand Batiste on the back of its successful work handling the iconic brand’s social media account. The win marks a major extension of BMB’s relationship with Batiste. BMB has been briefed with creating a national campaign, including TV advertising, which will drive […]
MullenLowe Group, previously DLKW Lowe, has unveiled its new boxing octopus brand identity to mark the formation of the new group last year following a merger of Mullen with Lowe and Partners. Settling on the deep sea mollusc to position itself as a global creative boutique the combined business will consist of four main brands […]
Karmarama has appointed Jamie Toward as Managing Partner for Content. He joins Karmarama from MEC where he was Head of Content. Reporting to Jon Wilkins, Karmarama’s Executive Chairman, Toward will lead data-driven content, an ongoing growth area for the agency. Karmarama has a strong heritage in content strategy and creative, and through its production company Kream, […]
JCDecaux, the number one outdoor advertising company worldwide, announces the launch of its London based digital creative hub ‘JCDecaux Dynamic’ with the appointment of BBH’s Alex Matthews and Rick Burgess. JCDecaux Dynamic will focus on the creative side of digital content and technical creativity for out-of-home enabling JCDecaux’s clients to deliver contextually aware advertising and […]
Stack has appointed James Champ to the role of planning director. Champ joins Stack, part of the MSQ Partners group of agencies, to lead the agency’s planning department and to boost its strategic offer across all clients. Previously the planning director at Rapier, Champ was also the planning director at The Communications Agency and the […]
Global branding and design agency Hornall Anderson has announced the appointment of Dan Monteith as Managing Partner, based in the agency’s London office. Dan’s industry knowledge and proven track record in building brands make him ideally suited to the newly developed role. Dan will co-lead the agency alongside Managing Director Kim Van Elkan and will […]
It has been announced that John Seifert has assumed the post of Worldwide CEO, Ogilvy & Mather effective immediately. Miles Young, Worldwide Chairman and CEO, Ogilvy & Mather will continue in his position until September 1, 2016, at which point Mr. Seifert will become Worldwide Chairman and CEO and Mr. Young will retain a non-executive […]
Y&R Global Chief Creative Officer Tony Granger and Andrew Dimitriou, Y&R’s CEO of Europe, announced the appointment of Jaime Mandelbaum as Chief Creative Officer of Europe. The São Paulo-born creative who has served as Chief Creative Officer of Y&R Central & Eastern Europe since 2013, will now oversee the global ad agency’s creative efforts across […]
Mindshare South Africa, the global media agency network that is part of WPP, has appointed Thabang Ramogase as its CEO. Thabang has over twenty years’ experience working in the marketing industry. He started his career at Merill Lynch, moving to companies such as the SABC, Coca-Cola, and MTN. In 2003 he founded and was the […]