• by Steve McClellan  @mp_mcclellan, January 26, 2018

Marketing agency Epsilon has hired DDB veteran Barry Burdiak for the position of senior vice president and executive creative director.

Burdiak will report to John Immesoete and will oversee a team of about five people out of the Chicago office.

Burdiak spent nearly 30 years at DDB overseeing work for such clients as McDonald’s, Budweiser and State Farm.

According to the agency Burdiak is a six-time Cannes Lions winner and three-time Emmy Award nominee (largely for Budweiser work) who’s delivered 17 Top 10 annual Super Bowl Spots (including three that have taken the top spot on USA Today’s Ad Meter) since 1997.