by Amy Corr on Feb 27, 12:28 PM
Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam tapped Blake Harrop as managing director. Harrop replaces Clay Mills who left the agency for a new position in the United Kingdom. Harrop joins from the agency's Tokyo office, where he spent the last four years running the agency. He is credited with growing the office and creating work for Nike, Facebook and Ben & Jerry's. Prior to W+K Tokyo, Harrop was a senior vice president at Digitas New York and worked client-side in Seoul as the global head of interactive marketing for Samsung. "Our Amsterdam office has always been a global powerhouse and Blake's DNA makes him …
by Amy Corr on Feb 26, 1:28 PM
Saatchi & Saatchi New York hired Talia Handler as group account director, leading the agency's Chase account. She will report to agency CEO, Brent Smart. Handler was previously executive vice president, group account director at Deutsch New York where she spent the last three and a half years helping to manage and develop the agency's Microsoft business. Handler also led the Jagermeister account at the agency, a win for Deutsch at the end of 2013. Prior to joining Deutsch, she was a senior partner, executive marketing director at Ogilvy, where she worked as a member of the IBM Smarter Planet …
by Amy Corr on Feb 25, 1:09 PM
David&Goliath promoted Seema Miller to managing partner, chief strategy officer, up from executive director, head of planning. Miller will continue to report to David Angelo, Founder and Chairman of D&G, and be responsible for leading strategic insights across the agency's roster of clients and new business. Since joining the agency in 2013, Miller's key areas of focus include Kia Motors, driving the agency's new business, and building new clients like Coca-Cola's ZICO Coconut Water, hamburger chain Jack in the Box and project work for LG Mobile. Prior to D&G, Miller was a part of the brand transformation team at JC …
by Amy Corr on Feb 24, 1:21 PM
Rhea + Kaiser hired Martyn Dean as senior vice president, executive creative director. A native of England, Dean began his career in London as an art director with Cogent Elliot and AMV BBDO before becoming a creative director at agencies such as EuroRSCG London and OgilvyOne Worldwide. He moved to Chicago in 2001 and held group creative director positions with OgilvyOne Worldwide, Razorfish and EuroRSCG. Most recently, Dean was a creative consultant with national and Chicago-based advertising and digital agencies. "Martyn is the right blend of team leadership and mentoring skills, new business contributions, multi-channel expertise and agency leadership," said …
by Amy Corr on Feb 24, 11:00 AM
Animation and design studio Nathan Love tapped husband and wife duo Who Fu to join its directorial roster.
by Amy Corr on Feb 24, 11:00 AM
Saxton Horne Communications hired Emily Millard as digital director.
by Amy Corr on Feb 24, 11:00 AM
Visible Spectrum hired Rob Nelson as senior vice president, business development.
by Amy Corr on Feb 24, 11:00 AM
AvatarLabs tapped Jason Steinberg as director of client services.
by Amy Corr on Feb 24, 11:00 AM
H2O + hired Joy Chen as president and chief executive officer.
by Amy Corr on Feb 24, 11:00 AM
TalentFoot added Dan Jaworski as partner.