• by Amy Corr  @MediaPostOTL, April 5, 2017

DDB Chicago hired Andrew Kasprzycki as executive vice president, global client lead on the ConAgra team.

Kasprzycki joins the agency from Starcom Worldwide, where he most recently served as executive vice president, managing director, leading the New Establishment Brands Group. The group created award-winning business results for brands like Airbnb, Twitter and Houzz. Before that, he was founder and president at Proximity Chicago, a division of BBDO. The marks a return of sorts to DDB for Kasprzycki worked at Tribal Chicago from 2005-2008.

"We are thrilled to have Andrew joining our team in this leadership role," said Paul Gunning, CEO of DDB Chicago. He's a proven and highly acclaimed thought leader in the industry whose experience and know-how will have immediate impact for many of our client partners and our agency at large."