The Santa Monica-based media agency, which had been in business for 26 years, counted Netflix among its biggest clients. It also had outposts in San Francisco and New York.

For the first half Havas Group net revenue totaled EUR1.206 billion, up nearly 20% versus the first half of 2021. Organic growth for the half was also 11.5%

The most critical staff shortages are in data and analytics, eCommerce, retail media and measurement, per the global study, from the WFA and MediaSense.

Pahnke Chicago has appointed Kate Black to the new role of president and partner. She will lead the account side of the shop with a remit to expand the client roster.

Chris Actis was most recently president at Kruskopf and Co., a full-service ad agency Minneapolis and before that was Midwest regional president at Interpublic Group's Initiative in Chicago.

Investors weren't happy as company shares tumbled nearly 40% this week on the revised outlook, attributed to higher-than-expected costs.

This isn't the first time the holding company has taken its top media executive and plopped him in the driver's seat of its flagship creative agency network.

McLaren most recently served as CEO of Merkle B2B, where he led the global expansion of the company's B2B practice.

The role seems tailor made for Sijanta who has spent most of his career at the automaker, most recently as director creative communications & marketing.

The company is calling it a first. The campaign targets a burgeoning DYI segment that emerged from the pandemic. The work is a collaboration of the firm's agency roster.