• by Fern Siegel , July 30, 2024

Rebekah Pagis has a new post: the first president of North America for Design Bridge and Partners, WPP’s global brand design agency.

She will work closely with the existing U.S. leadership team, including Josh Griffin, managing director, and her broader global counterparts.

“My vision for the agency's future is centered on sustained growth. We will focus on deepening our expertise in the sectors where we have already demonstrated success. Simultaneously, we aim to expand into new areas, both geographically — to serve clients more comprehensively regardless of their location — and conceptually — by broadening our services from financial sectors to beauty and beyond,” Pagis told Agency Daily.

She will concentrate on cultivating relationships with Design Bridge and Partners' largest North American clients, including Mastercard, Diageo, Tyson and Beam Suntory.

Previously, she wasChief Growth Officer for WPP North America. Before that, Pagis spent more than 10 years as managing director of MullenLowe U.S., leading brand accounts for Google, National Geographic, American Greetings and E*Trade.

Earlier in her career, Pagis was an account director at Venables Bell and Partners and Razorfish.

Design Bridge and Partners' global clients include NASA Artemis, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Diageo and the BBC.

John Morris, Global CEO, Design Bridge and Partners, called Pagis "equal parts enthusiastic and engaging" and added her "energy is exactly what we need as we head into 2025. She has a wealth of experience in growing businesses stateside, and a distinct understanding of our industry, as well as the opportunities which exist for us to move people, and therefore move the world.”