REVOLVING DOOR: Rob Thorsen Promoted To President Of Big Spaceship

Big Spaceship promoted Rob Thorsen to president, up from managing director. He is the first person to hold this title at the agency. Thorsen will continue to be accountable for all day-to-day operations of the agency: overseeing business development, mentoring the agency's talent and managing relationships with client partners. His expanded duties will include helping define and lead the future vision for Big Spaceship and spearheading initiatives across the agency's different disciplines. Thorsen joined the agency in 2013. He started out as one of the original Bartle Bogle Hegarty US employees back in 1999. From there, he joined Mother NY as its first strategist and eventually grew into the role of global business director for the agency's AB/InBev business. From there, he spent five years at BBDO NY where he worked as executive vice president, global business director and managed Best Buy, Hyatt, Starbucks and the American Red Cross. "Rob is an integral part of our executive team, consistently focused on pushing the business forward while tenaciously maintaining our culture -- this promotion is an acknowledgement of his significant contribution with a title appropriate to it," said Michael Lebowitz, founder and CEO.

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