• by Steve McClellan  @mp_mcclellan, September 12, 2014

McKinney, part of Cheil Worldwide, has appointed Adam Levine as CMO. 

Previously Levine was Global Brand Marketing Director at Interpublic Group’s Deutsch. He left Deutsch earlier this year. 

McKinney said that Levine will split his time between the agency’s two offices, located in Durham, NC where it is headquartered and New York. 

As for his new role, Levine said, “it’s actually quite simple: Grow the agency. My peers and I have the same technology and tools at our disposal. So it’s how we go about growing the agency that will differentiate McKinney long run.” 

While at Deutsch Levine is credited with leading  new business wins including Ortho Women’s Health, Microsoft and Intel, Zoloft, Verizon Information Services and Revlon. He also served as brand director and director of interactive client services for brands including IKEA, Snapple, Mitsubishi, Tanqueray and LensCrafters.  

Prior to Deutsch Levine was Chief Growth Officer at IPG's Draftfcb. While there he’s credited with leading efforts to win new pharmaceutical accounts, including Sprivia and Gilenya. He also successfully defended the Merck media agency-of-record review and White House Office of National Drug Control Policy mandatory agency review.  

Levine is chairman of the board of Live Out Loud, a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring and empowering LGBTQ youth by connecting them with successful LGBTQ professionals in their community.