LePub New York has appointed Shannon Nunn as CEO. His role will begin on November 17. Nunn will be based in New York City and will report to Susie Nam, CEO of Publicis Creative US and Bruno Bertelli, Global CEO and CCO of LePub Worldwide.

He joins from Special US, where he has been president for the last two years. Nunn brings experience as a business and brand leader across both agency and brand side roles and a track record of building and scaling creative businesses, leading large agency operations, and partnering with some of the world’s most recognised brands. Prior to Special, Shannon held senior leadership positions at TBWA\Chiat\Day New York, on the client side at Southern Eastern Grocers, and in account management at Big Red Communications Group in Australia.

Over the past 12 months, LePub has been recognised across the industry’s most prestigious platforms, led by LePub Milan being named Agency of the Year at Cannes Lions, with 34 Lions, including 2 Grand Prix, alongside major honors at The One Show, the Clio Awards, D&AD, LIA, Golden Drum, and Eurobest, as well as the #1 spot on the WARC Creative 100.

LePub New York has grown 40% year over year, recently adding Maille to its growing client roster alongside marquee brands Heineken, Dos Equis, and Barilla among others, and taking home a Cannes Lion for its Least Most Interesting Man campaign for Dos Equis. Under Nunn’s leadership, the agency will accelerate its next phase of growth in the American market with Nunn focussing on scaling LePub New York’s distinctive model of creativity. He will work across the agency’s creative, strategy, data, and innovation capabilities to further LePub’s connected approach to building culturally resonant work that drives both immediate relevance and long-term business value for clients.

Nunn completes bench of creative and strategic leadership at LePub New York. He joins Jim Curtis, chief creative officer, who guides the agency’s creative vision; Katie Coane, head of strategy; and Lorna Ruane, global head of data & culture lab.

“Shannon is a builder: he’s helped grow agencies and build culturally defining work,” said Susie Nam. “LePub NY has remarkable momentum – and this leadership team is poised to deliver breakthrough work for what clients need today.”

“At LePub, we believe the most successful brands never separate creative ambition from business ambition, and Shannon understands this instinctively,” added Bruno Bertelli, global CEO and CCO of LePub Worldwide. “He knows how to grow a business while protecting the creative ambition, culture, and top-tier talent that make an agency special. His leadership will ensure LePub New York keeps delivering culturally resonant, commercially transformative work that defines our pursuit of creative excellence.”

“LePub is one of the most exciting stories in our industry right now. What drew me to it is the ambition to build something different: an agency that puts creativity and culture at the center, with the data, technology and scale of Publicis behind it,” said Shannon Nunn.“There’s already an incredible team and real momentum. I’m excited to build on that with Jim, Katie, Lorna and the broader agency, and help make LePub a force in the US.”