Accenture Interactive has hired Former Droga5 creative head, Neil Heymann, as the company’s first-ever global chief creative officer. It is a reunion for Heymann and David Droga, both of whom are Aussie expats. Heymann rose from digital associate creative director to becoming the agency’s first global chief creative officer across a period of nearly twelve years under Droga. He left in February 2021 and founded Publicis Groupe’s Le Truc, its “centre of creative excellence” consisting of 600 creatives, producers and strategists from the holding company’s New York agencies.

Heymann will officially start his new role in mid-February of 2022.

“Creativity is one of the most potent competitive advantages that we have to help our clients grow and stay relevant today and in future,” Droga said in a statement. “For us to make the biggest impact, we need to continue to be obsessed with our creative output across all our offerings. And with that, I’m delighted that Neil Heymann will be joining Accenture Interactive as our first Accenture Interactive Global Chief Creative Officer.”

Heymann was a creative responsible for Droga5’s Did You Mean Mailchimp?, which won the Cannes Lions Grand Prix in 2017 and Decode Jay Z for Microsoft Bing campaign which won the Integrated Grand Prix at Cannes in 2011.