• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, December 10, 2013

Erwin Penland hired Con Williamson as chief creative officer, John Cornette as senior vice president, executive creative director and John Dunleavy as managing director for the New York office and director of account management for the entire agency. Williamson will be responsible for driving creative ideas across the agency and for clients. He joins Erwin Penland with more than 15years of creative experience, having most recently served as chief creative officer at Saatchi & Saatchi on brands like Miller Lite, Lenovo, Head & Shoulders, Cheerios, Luv’s and Tide. Prior to that, Williamson held creative roles at Euro/RSCG, Fallon/Duffy, JWT and his own agency Lodge 212. Cornette previously worked at agencies such as R/GA, JWT, BBDO and worked on brands like Microsoft, Lenovo, Verizon Wireless, Macy's, GE and Mountain Dew. He joins Erwin Penland from Saatchi & Saatchi New York. Most recently, Dunleavy served as executive vice president, managing director at Saatchi & Saatchi New York. At Erwin Penland, he will lead operations and growth for the agency’s New York office.  The agency currently works with brands such as Verizon, Uniroyal and L’eggs, and recently scored agency of record duties for Denny’s.