Who's doing what in the world of commercial creativity.
Justin Hind, founder of WiTH Collective will become chief executive officer of CHE Proximity, succeeding Chris Howatson in January 2021. Howatson announced his departure two weeks ago. He has formed a new agency, Howatson + White, …
DDB is finishing a remarkable year of new business wins with the appointment of Dan Saunders and Jack Nunn as creative partners. The agency has added Coles, Kmart, Dulux, McDonald’s Social, Johnson & Johnson, Netflix …
The standard format for instructive ad industry podcasts features pearls of wisdom from adpeople at the top for adpeople at the bottom. The voices of young talent in the creative industries are rarely heard. A new …
The conservatism of advertising when it comes to hiring is a very weird characteristic for an industry that lives or dies by its creativity. There are, however, small pockets of open-mindedness of late. One of …
Australian Radio Network (ARN), Australia’s leading radio network and audio business with brands including KIIS, Pure Gold, The Edge and iHeartRadio, has appointed Emotive to lead its brand strategy and campaign work nationally. Ciaran Davis, chief …
Wieden + Kennedy has won the Visa global creative pitch that was initiated in July this year. Publicis Groupe has won the media component. W+K will now lead creative strategy and major initiatives for the brand. …
There is a silver lining in every crisis. Covid had a few. The environment got to rest and repair for more than six months. Getting from A to B by car (when you could and/or …
McCann Melbourne has appointed BBH London creative director, Psembi Kinstan, to the newly created role of executive creative director. He will lead McCann Melbourne’s creative output and oversee key projects for its affiliated creative and technology network, …
DDB Sydney is expanding its creative team with six new hires following a period of growth for the agency. Katyana O’Neill joins DDB as senior art director, partnering with Emma Leamore, senior copywriter. The duo was …
Thomas Bjerg (ex-founder of Very) and Farah Dib (ex-creative strategist at AKQA and Droga50 have formed a new agency in Denmark. An agency with something different to offer. It supports brands to combat loneliness and …
CHE Proximity’s chief executive officer, Chris Howatson, and chief creative officer, Ant White, have resigned. They intend to start something new together - Howatson + White. Clemenger BBDO chair, Robert Morgan, commented, “Chris has shown fantastic …
MullenLowe Group UK has hired Ewan Paterson as its first Group Chief Creative Officer. He will work alongside Group chief executive officer, Jeremy Hine and the recently appointed Group chief strategy officer, Ayesha Walawalkar. Paterson comes to MullenLowe with …