Alexander Rutges Joins Beatgrid as Chief Operating Officer

Alexander Rutges Joins Beatgrid as Chief Operating Officer

Beatgrid, the advertising effectiveness currency, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Rutges as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO). With over 20 years of experience in the media and marketing industries, Alexander brings a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record of success in scaling businesses and driving operational excellence. Before joining […]

Zihla Salinas Becomes COO of Yes&

Zihla Salinas Becomes COO of Yes&

Full-service agency Yes& has named noted advertising executive Zihla Salinas as Chief Operating Officer. In this role, she will deliver operational leadership and contribute to growth across the agency in such areas as new business development, mergers and acquisitions, and talent development. Yes& has been named one of Adweek’s Fastest Growing Agencies of 2023 and four times […]

Barb fast-tracks strategic objectives with new Chief Operating Officer appointment

Barb fast-tracks strategic objectives with new Chief Operating Officer appointment

Barb, the industry’s standard for understanding what people watch, today announced it has promoted Caroline Baxter to Chief Operating Officer. Working alongside Justin Sampson, Chief Executive, she will be responsible for ensuring progress on Barb’s strategic priorities to extend Barb’s reporting of total campaign performance, extend measurement of total viewing across all streaming services and […]

Saatchi & Saatchi elevates Sarah Jenkins to Chief Operating Officer

Saatchi & Saatchi elevates Sarah Jenkins to Chief Operating Officer

Elevation to new executive role for former MD, with Jonathan Tapper appointed as successor Saatchi & Saatchi has appointed Sarah Jenkins as Chief Operating Officer, a newly created role which will see Jenkins drive operational growth for the business. Jenkins will be focused on operational transformation as the agency moves into a key growth period. […]

DIGITAS UK NAMES MATT LODDER AS COO

DIGITAS UK NAMES MATT LODDER AS COO

Lodder completes UK leadership team Digitas has appointed Matt Lodder as its new Chief Operating Officer. The announcement follows a year of growth for the agency in which it has doubled down on creativity and strengthened its role as a strategic partner to clients. Reporting to CEO Jennifer Berry, Lodder will be responsible for supercharging […]

Manifest promotes Helen Kenny to Chief Operating Officer

Manifest promotes Helen Kenny to Chief Operating Officer

Manifest Partner Helen Kenny has been promoted to become the independent group’s first global COO, overseeing its six studio teams and its continued service expansion Global brand communications group, Manifest has today announced the appointment of its first Chief Operating Officer. Helen Kenny has been promoted to the group position, and is now responsible for […]

Spark Foundry UK names joint Managing Directors and Chief Operating Officer to support next phase of agency growth

Spark Foundry UK names joint Managing Directors and Chief Operating Officer to support next phase of agency growth

Spark Foundry, the Acceleration agency, today announces the appointment of Marcos Angelides and Kate Anthony to joint Managing Director, and Nigel Waring is taking on the role of Chief Operating Officer. The news follows a period of vast growth for the agency, in which it has seen its billings more than double. In their new […]

Lumen Research Hires Senior Director Of Marketing And Appoints New Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer

Lumen Research Hires Senior Director Of Marketing And Appoints New Chief Operating Officer and Chief Strategy Officer

Lumen Research, the global attention technology company, has appointed Blaise Lucey as senior director of marketing and promoted Tanwa Edu to chief strategy officer and Arthur Cole to chief operating officer as the business continues to expand globally, with a particular focus on US growth. Based out of New York, Lucey has over ten years […]

McCann London names Jemima Monies as Chief Operating Officer

<strong>McCann London names Jemima Monies as Chief Operating Officer</strong>

McCann London announced today that the agency has named Jemima Monies as Chief Operating Officer – a newly created role – starting in early 2023. Monies is the first executive leadership appointment made by CEO Polly McMorrow since her arrival at the agency in April 2022. Monies will oversee a range of operational business areas […]

Scott Hagedorn Named CEO of Omnicom Media Group NA, John Swift Named Chief Operating Officer

Scott Hagedorn Named CEO of Omnicom Media Group NA, John Swift Named Chief Operating Officer

Omnicom Media Group (OMG) the media services division of Omnicom Group Inc. has named Scott Hagedorn CEO of its North American operations. Hagedorn, who steps into the role following three years as the first CEO of Hearts & Science, succeeds Page Thompson, who is retiring following a distinguished 40-year career at Omnicom.  “Scott’s record of innovation and transformation, combined […]