by Amy Corr on Mar 7, 12:56 PM
DDB New York promoted Hannah Fishman from group creative director to executive creative director, and hired Cam Hoelter and Cheryl Horsfall as executive creative directors. All three report to Icaro Doria, chief creative officer of DDB New York. Fishman joined DDB New York in 2015, working as global group creative director on Johnson & Johnson beauty brands like Clean&Clear. In her new role, she will oversee the creative globally and locally for Electrolux and Frigidaire, and will continue to lead creative on the agency's Johnson & Johnson beauty brands. Australian-born Hoelter joins the New York team from DDB Sydney where …
by Amy Corr on Mar 4, 2:14 PM
SwellShark named David Tucker as head of strategy, where he will work with each client's creative agency to ensure that the media strategy is informed by the brand strategy and creative choices are informed by data and insights. Tucker joins the agency from UM, where he served as vice president, global intelligence director and director of strategy, leading global research and insights for UM clients such as Sony, Hershey's, and Brown-Forman. In addition, he was strategy director for the Sony Corporation of America account, focusing on data-driven, addressable and programmatically bought media. Prior to UM, Tucker worked at McCann Worldgroup, …
by Amy Corr on Mar 3, 12:54 PM
RPA hired Don Rohn as group strategic planning director, reporting to David Berne, senior vice president, chief strategy officer at RPA. Rohn most recently served as group director, strategy at TBWA\Chiat\Day, where he served as the lead strategist on the Nissan account and supervised a multi-disciplinary team of strategists. At RPA, he will direct planning for the agency's Tempur-Sealy, ARCO, ampm and Clippers accounts. Rohn also held executive positions at WPP, Saatchi & Saatchi, and TBWA\Chiat\Day. His most recent work at TBWA\Chiat\Day included the launch of the Nissan Titan with "Shoulders of Giants." "Great strategists like Don are instrumental to …
by Amy Corr on Mar 2, 3:11 PM
Publicis Worldwide promoted Jeremy Bowles to chief transformation officer, marketing services, North America and hired Bill Power as chief client officer, Citi. Bowles and Power will report to Arthur Sadoun, CEO, Publicis Worldwide. Both will be based in the New York officer. Bowles previously held the position of global managing director on Citi's Consumer Business. He is now tasked with ensuring that all North America clients have seamless access to Publicis' capabilities (production & content, digital technology, shopper marketer, CRM and analytics). Power will be responsible for both the Citi Consumer and Enterprise (Corporate) Businesses. He joins the agency from …
by Amy Corr on Mar 1, 2:37 PM
Translation tapped Federico "Fede" Garcia as creative director, based in New York. He joins the agency following a 4-year stint at Ogilvy & Mather's Tokyo office. While there, he oversaw the creative development for many of the agency's biggest accounts, including Coca-Cola, American Express, IBM and Citizen. Garcia originally transferred to Ogilvy Tokyo from the agency's office in his native Argentina, where he served as a senior copywriter and creative director for brands like Coca-Cola Co., Mondelez, Kraft Foods and Kimberly-Clark. Prior to that, he spent two years as a senior copywriter at JWT Buenos Aires. "I'm a big believer …
by Amy Corr on Mar 1, 10:30 AM
Stash named Mark Cooper as chief marketing officer.
by Amy Corr on Mar 1, 10:30 AM
Deloitte Digital has acquired San Francisco-based agency, Heat. President John Elder, founder Steve Stone, and managing director Mike Barrett will continue in their current roles with Heat.
by Amy Corr on Mar 1, 10:30 AM
Light Reaction named Bob Walczak as CEO.
by Amy Corr on Mar 1, 10:30 AM
MC2 named David Fee president of the company's new consumer events division.
by Amy Corr on Mar 1, 10:30 AM
Discovery Communications named Michael Lang as executive vice president of international development & digital.