• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, March 7, 2017

Barkley promoted Katy Hornaday to executive creative director and Paul Corrigan to executive design director, leading Barkley’s Blacktop design unit.

Most recently creative director, Hornaday led creative for Hershey, Anheuser-Busch, Cargill, Noodles & Company and Vanity Fair. Before Barkley, she was a senior copywriter at Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, working on Old Navy and Baby Carrots, before moving to Mullen Boston as associate creative director for Zappos and JetBlue. Hornaday replaces Jason Elm, who is leaving the agency.

As part of Corrigan's promotion, Barkley's experience design team will now report to him within the Blacktop design unit. He has worked for Barkley since 2004 and previously held the titles of vice president/interactive creative director, executive creative director, and design director. He replaces Blacktop founder Shawn Polowniak, who is leaving the agency.