• by Larissa Faw , July 23, 2018

R/GA's Chief Creative Officer Taras Wayner is jumping to the same position at Saatchi & Saatchi New York, effective September 1.

He will oversee all creative communications across the agency’s client roster, which includes Walmart, Procter & Gamble, USAA and NDSS, and will play a key role in further developing the agency’s creative talent. 

Wayner will also join Saatchi NY’s leadership team, which is comprised of CEO Andrea Diquez, Chief Experience Officer Preeya Vyas, Chief Strategy Officer Wanda Pogue, chief talent officer Natalia Schultz, CMO Christine Prins and director of operations Elaine Barker.

Wayner has served as R/GA's U.S. CCO since May 2017, after being promoted from executive creative director. Prior to R/GA, he created work for brands including Fox, Coca Cola, Samsung and the NFL. 

Wayner replaces Javier Campopiano who departed in May to rejoin the FCB network as partner, CCO for FCB Mexico.