Adam & Eve does work that enters pop culture and stays there because people love it. Work like John Lewis’ Christmas stories. Harvey Nichols campaigns. And VW ads.
Group chief creative officer and co-founder, Ben Priest, has been the spearhead of very many of these. He is most closely connected to the John Lewis work. And now he’s leaving. He’s not going elsewhere. He’s “done with” advertising.
Priest’s departure follows that of co-founder, Jon Forsyth, last year – shortly after the four co-founders (including James Murphy and David Golding completed their £100m earn-out from their sale to DDB in 2012, and handed over much of the day-to-day control of the agency, that they had founded in 2008, to a new team. Richard Brim was promoted to chief creative officer in December, when Priest moved up to group chief creative officer.
Priest will leave in June.
Adam & Eve has won 7 Cannes Grand Prix, has been Campaign’s Agency of the year 5 times, was Cannes Lions Agency of the Year in 2014 and was ranked #1 agency in the Gunn Report in 2017.
Eurobest winners 2017: adam&eveDDB is Agency of the Year with 2 Grands Prix for John Lewis
British Arrows: 4creative, adam&eveDDB, Rogue & Blink win top honours
