BBH continues to support its commitment to creativity, hiring Stephanie McArdle as head of design. She will report to BBH ECD, Felipe Serradourada Guimaraes, and will sit at the heart of BBH’s creative output, shaping the visual craft across all channels while building and nurturing BBH’s tram of designers, ensuring design excellence is embedded into everything the agency does.

This role combines a strong design sensibility with leadership, mentoring, and operational rigour. McArdle’s job will be to “champion creativity, push boundaries in craft, and set new standards for how design contributes to brand storytelling, innovation, and effectiveness.”

McArdle joins from a short stint as head of design at independent creative agency, The Midnight Club, and nearly seven years at Droga5 London, ultimately as head of design.  She has also gained experience at Wieden+Kennedy, Grey, Anomaly and Lucky Generals. McArdle is best known for campaigns such as Long Live Fashion for Vestiaire Collective, Just Because for Diet Coke and Food Dancing for Sainsbury’s as well as creating the brand identities for The Tide and Sister Circle.

“A powerhouse of design, with the leadership chops to match. There are very few out there like Steph, we are lucky to be able to say that BBH design is now led by her,” Felipe Serradourada Guimaraes stated. 

McArdle added, “BBH is an iconic agency, obsessed with out-of-home, working with big brands on impactful campaigns. They understand what makes great work, good ideas, well crafted, and they’ve got the talent to do it. Add in the momentum they’re on right now. Yes please, this is for me.”

McArdle’s arrival comes a week after Giulia Ferrarezi joined from DAVID Madrid, and two weeks after the agency launched a new visual identity.