• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, May 27, 2014

McKinney promoted Will Chambliss, associate creative director who joined the agency in 2010 from Arnold Worldwide, to creative director. In addition, Owen Tingle, associate creative director who joined McKinney in 2005 from The Creative Circus, was also elevated to creative director. Chambliss began his career as a copywriter at Fitzgerald+CO in Atlanta, where he worked on Coke, Durex, Quikrete and Aruba. He then spent the next six years at Arnold in Boston, where he produced a Super Bowl spot for ESPN; created campaigns for American Legacy's anti-smoking truth campaign, Timberland, Volvo and Fidelity; and became a creative director on Carnival Cruises. Most recently, Chambliss worked on the Join the Nation campaign for Nationwide Insurance, including the brand spot, "Baby." Tingle joined McKinney in 2005 and directed his very first commercial "The Play" in 2006 for Sony. Tingle has spent the last 18 months working on campaigns for Nationwide Insurance and Big Boss Brewing. He also recently worked on Travelocity, including conception of the recent #iWannaGo program within the Go & Smell the Roses campaign. "Will and Owen have been the creative backbone for us on Nationwide," said Liz Paradise, Group Creative Director at McKinney. "They're totally ambidextrous in that they not only do a lot of the work, but they deftly manage and mentor other creatives on the account. These promotions really just reflect the important roles they had already been playing."

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