72andSunny Amsterdam has expanded its team in the Netherlands with a number of new hires as part of its drive to boost its creative power to higher levels. Chris Colliton and Kevin Weir join as creative directors. A strong duo with a phenomenal portfolio of work and a humorous tone, they have specific account responsibility […]
UM has appointed Simon Taylor as Managing Partner for American Express (Amex). Taylor joins the agency from Havas Media UK, where he also held the position of Managing Partner. Reporting directly to UM’s UK CEO Rachel Forde, Taylor will be responsible for driving all of Amex’s media delivery in the UK, as well as overseeing […]
ustwo London, the digital product and services studio, has hired Anna Soisalo as Strategy Director to lead the agency’s growing strategic practice to help clients make, change and learn together. Soisalo joins this month from Smart Design where she is Executive Director (Strategy) and with her arrival, the ustwo London Leadership team is now complete. […]
KineticX, the start-up incubator focused on emerging technologies in the Out of Home (OOH) space and a division of OOH media agency Kinetic, has announced a partnership with environmental media start-up Pluvo. As a result of the deal, Kinetic clients will be the first to have access to Pluvo’s unique air-purifying advertising inventory, at valuable […]
Drinks design specialist Denomination announced the appointment of Giles Darwin as Managing Director of the UK office, and Roy Tahtinen as Creative Director of the San Francisco studio, further strengthening the agency’s strategic and creative design expertise in the international drinks industry. Giles will be heading up UK and European operations from Denomination’s Central London […]
Blue State Digital, the values-driven creative and campaigns agency, has announced the promotion of Hannah Johnson to managing director in the UK. Johnson has been with the agency for three years and was previously business director. In her new role, she will be responsible for overseeing a growing team as well as campaign and market […]
In convergence with 2019 growth plans, Encore Digital Media, the audience-first programmatic partner, has appointed Stephen Noble as Client Director. The appointment marks the second hire within the senior management team in the space of two months. Noble joins from GroupM, where he was Director of its programmatic display team. Prior to this, Noble worked for 13 years […]
Coinciding with its 85th anniversary, Turkish Airlines has unveiled a new brand identity, designed by global experience agency, Imagination. The news coincides with the full-service launch of the new Istanbul Airport, Turkish Airlines’ new hub and the single largest infrastructure project in Turkey’s history. In light of this historic step and considering the phenomenal growth the company […]
Everyone knows the feeling of being robbed by their bank. Between ATM fees and hidden monthly maintenance fees, it seems like banks take your money at every opportunity. Add that to the recent high profile scandals plaguing some of our biggest financial institutions and it looks like bankers are one step away from putting on ski masks and holding […]
Public Health England (PHE) launches the first ever national Government cervical screening campaign, ‘Cervical Screening Saves Lives’, to increase the number of eligible women attending cervical screening across England. Around 2,600 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in England each year and around 690 women die from the disease – two a day. Screening, which only […]