Mindshare UK, part of WPP, announces that Fleur Stoppani has been promoted to Chief Client Officer. Joining the leadership team, Fleur will be responsible for leading and evolving the agency’s approach to delivering exceptional client service across the UK. Fleur’s experience as Partner has seen her win and lead the prestigious Marks and Spencer account […]
WPP announces that its wholly-owned global media investment group, GroupM, has agreed to acquire a majority stake in The Glitch, a digitally-led creative agency. The Glitch was founded in 2009 and employs around 200 people in Mumbai and Delhi. The Glitch’s full-service capabilities include digital, video and content strategy, interactive design technology, ecommerce, branding and […]
Wavemaker, GroupM’s media, content and technology agency, has been appointed to lead media efforts in the US for Adobe, the award-winning software and technology leader. The appointment brings together all on and off-line media communications planning and buying across Adobe’s three core product Clouds: Creative, Experience and Document. Steve Weeks, Head of US Media Strategy […]
January 23 sees the launch of Superunion, a next-generation global brand agency, offering clients access to a wider, more connected range of strategic and creative services. The new agency is led by Global CEO Jim Prior and Simon Bolton as Executive Chairman. Superunion has a network of 750 people, with 23 offices in 18 countries, […]
WPP has appointed Karen Blackett to the newly created position of UK country manager. In an internal memo to staff, Sir Martin Sorrell said Blackett – currently chairwoman of MediaCom UK – will focus on WPP’s core strategic priority of horizontality, ensuring that the group’s companies “work together effectively and present a seamlessly integrated and […]
Ford has teamed up with global media technology company Oath and global media agency network Mindshare, part of WPP, to carry out a ground-breaking new study that explores the brain as the next frontier in performance. The study was filmed, with video content created using insights from Oath’s media platforms and distributed across its […]
Rachel Pashley, Global Planning Director at J. Walter Thompson London and Head of Female Tribes Consulting, has signed a deal with Virgin Books at Penguin Random House to publish a book based on the agency’s Female Tribes initiative. Called ‘The New Female Tribes’, the book will be published in July 2018 to coincide with the […]
UK advertising is set to see a ninth successive year of growth, and the nation will remain one of the fastest-growing media markets in 2018 with a 4.8% increase predicted to take total investment to £19.8 billion. This is according to the latest forecast from GroupM, one of the world’s leading media investment group. The […]
GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, announced that after 31 years with CIA, MEC and GroupM, Rob Norman has decided to retire from his full-time role as global Chief Digital officer, effective January 2018. Norman will remain an advisor to GroupM and its clients, with a reduced workload that allows him more time to […]
The first annual ranking of the BrandZ™ Top 50 Most Valuable UK Brands has been announced today by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown. The list includes some of the most famous brands in the world, and reflects the UK’s role as a centre for financial services, energy exploration and communications. Many of these brands are incredibly strong and enduring. […]