McKinney New York hired John Benedict as creative director. He will work with Peter Nicholson, executive creative director, on Samsung, Mentos and Crocs. Most recently, he was freelancing at
72andSunny, Sid Lee and BBH. Before that, he worked at the Barbarian Group as an associate creative director and prior to that was an interactive copywriter at Crispin Porter + Bogusky on Burger King,
Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and Domino's. "I am excited that John has joined us here in New York as a Creative Director to help further push the work and bring a high bar for the craft of writing
across all mediums," said Nicholson.
