Independent agency Barkley, has named David Weaver as executive vice president, creative strategy, a position created specifically for Weaver. He was most recently CEO of Cheil USA, where he led the
re-launch of the South Korean agency network stateside. Weaver will begin his new role on January 1, 2014, and work in partnership with Tim Galles, chief strategy officer, and Don McKinney, chief idea
officer, on all work produced by Barkley. Prior to Cheil, Weaver held various leadership roles at TM Advertising, Publicis and TBWA/Chiat/Day. “Having run agencies, I'm now doubly excited to get
back to hands-on work with clients,” said Weaver.
