Energy BBDO Chicago hired Mark Taylor as its chief creative officer, effective April 7. Taylor began his career more than 15 years ago as an art director at FCB in Los Angeles and continuing with leadership roles at Crispin, Porter & Bogusky, Fallon Minneapolis and GSD&M in Austin, TX. He won 20 Cannes Lions including Grand Prix awards for his work on American Express' "Small Business Saturday" and Ikea as well as a Titanium Grand Prix for Burger King and a Cannes Lion for Effectiveness. Taylor has also created campaign for Air Force, Windows Phone, Coke Zero, Microsoft, MINI and Southwest Airlines.