Revolving Door Roster Updates: Betty, Dentsu, Sid Lee & More

AF&G

AFG& (Avrett Free Ginsberg) has promoted two leaders from within its ranks. Dawn Terrazas assumes the role of president of North America and LATAM and Amy Adams assumes the role of president Europe and Asia-Pacific. Both will continue to report directly to Frank Ginsberg, founder and CEO.

Allen & Gerritsen

Jeff Marois is joining Allen & Gerritsen (A&G) in the new role of vp, creative where he will work across key agency accounts, including Meet Boston. He was most recently acd at Terri & Sandy.

Archer

Archer, a full-service independent agency, has appointed two outside members to its board of directors. Stacie Barnett and Ralph Cutcher, two seasoned entrepreneurs and agency executives, will bring decades of experience and expertise.

Arts & Letters

Arts & Letters has hired Scott Woodhouse as its newest strategist. His arrival signals A&L’s latest disruption of the traditional agency model, which includes separate pathing for creative, strategy, and production talent.

BarkleyOKRP

Jerremy Howell is joining BarkleyOKRP as chief people officer, a new position at the agency. He was previously at Publicis Groupe, where he held a variety of roles, most recently serving as vp, talent and organizational development for the Publicis Health division.

Betty

Creative agency Betty, a Quad agency, has brought back Kirstin Stahl as the company’s newest group creative director for its dedicated design practice, Favorite Child. Stahl will be responsible for bolstering the momentum and success of Favorite Child’s brand and packaging design offering for brands.

BMG360

BMG360 is positioning itself for growth with the addition of two industry veterans to its executive suite. Hercu Wentzel joins as chief operating officer and Michelle Nathan joins as chief financial officer.

Butter Music and Sound

Internationalmusic company Butter Music and Sound promoted Warren Wolfe to sr. producer out of New York and Kriston Poindexter to associate producer out of Los Angeles as it continues to grow its bicoastal footprint.

Cheil UK

Cheil UK has appointed Rikke Wichmann-Bruun to the newly created role of managing director, client services as part of its plan to accelerate growth and client expansion. Wichmann-Bruun was most recently CEO at MRM. In her new role she will work with CEO Chris Camacho to lead client relationships and expand the agency’s client portfolio.

CreatorIQ

Creator IQ has appointed Scott Levy as chief sales officer, marking another significant step in advancing the enterprise influencer marketing platform’s leadership team. Levy, who has served as the company’s interim chief revenue officer since 2023, will oversee all global sales functions, including strategic enterprise accounts, agency relations, mid-market sales, account management, and revenue operations.

Crossmedia

Global independent media agency Crossmedia has brought on Doug Schnebel as its new executive client director, head of planning. Joining from UM Worldwide, Schnebel will serve as a client partner and oversee Crossmedia’s planning team.

CvE Marketing Consultancy

CvE Marketing Consultancy, a division of leading independent digital marketing agency Goodway Group, appointed Tiffany Wilburn as the new global marketing strategy practice lead. In her new role, Wilburn will implement strategies to enhance CvE’s capabilities and elevate the role of marketing and brand strategy for clients.

D&AD

D&AD, the non-profit that represents the pinnacle of creative excellence, has appointed Kwame Taylor-Hayford as its new president for the 2024/2025 term, succeeding Jack Renwick. This appointment represents a pivotal moment in the organization’s expanding influence in the United States as Kwame is the first D&AD President based in New York.

Dentsu

Dentsu has appointed Ben Hewitt as chief commercial officer, media products. In this new role for the agency, Hewitt will be responsible for overseeing the commercial strategy of Dentsu’s data-driven, technology-enabled audience platform, Merkury.

Dept

Global digital agency Dept has appointed Carryn Quibell as the new CEO of the Americas to support the growth of its multi-service client portfolio and delivery of integrated tech and marketing solutions in the region. She will lead the agency’s 1,500+ team in the Americas and join the global executive team.

EP+Co

EP+Co is announcing the hire of its first-ever chief brand officer, Stephanie Hanley. Hanley will serve as head of growth as well as the primary lead for the account management department across EP+Co’s Greenville and New York offices.

Forsman & Bodenfors

Forsman & Bodenfors has expanded its creative leadership in New York by relocating longtime group creative director Ivan Guerra from Singapore to New York to support a quickly growing list of new client wins.

Havas

Havas has appointed Delphine Maillet as head of investor relations. Backed by her expertise in financial markets, she will play a key role in the group’s stock market listing project and manage communications with the financial community, investors, and financial analysts.

Hightouch

Hightouch, a composable CDP, has appointed Josh Kanagy as head of revenue. Before joining Hightouch, Kanagy served as svp of global enterprise sales for Sprinklr.

Horizon Media

Horizon Media has appointed Domenic Venuto as executive vice president, chief of product and data. In this newly created enterprise role, Venuto will drive Horizon’s product innovation and data integration across the company.

Ingenuity Group

The Ingenuity Group has rebranded its intermediary service, now known as Ingenuity+.
Richard Robinson and Gill Huber are joining the rest of Ingenuity+ team from Future Factory, part of The Ingenuity Group, where they’ve been working since leaving Oystercatchers earlier this year.

Ingredient

Tom Horgen, a digital innovation leader from the Minnesota Star Tribune, has joined food marketing agency Ingredient as senior director of content strategy. With nearly two decades of experience in driving digital initiatives at the publication, Horgen looks to elevate the marketing agency’s content strategies for top food brands.

Iris Worldwide

Iris Worldwide has appointed Leigh Armstrong as evp global growth and marketing director, further strengthening its leadership team following a series of senior appointments. Armstrong joins from Cheil and CheilConnec+. 

Kiwibot

Judah Longgrear, the co-founder and CEO of Nickelytics, a mobility-based out-of-home advertising company,is now joining Kiwibot as a co-founder following its recent acquisition of Nickelytics. In this new role, Longgrear will leverage his expertise in OOH advertising to continue revolutionizing the landscape through robotics and data-driven strategies.

Le Truc

Le Truc, Publicis Groupe’s creative collective, has appointed Katy Alonzo as partner and chief strategy officer. Alonzo’s appointment extends the lineup of strategy partners, alongside CSOs Ramon Jimenez and Dylan Viner.

London International Awards

London International Awards (LIA) honored Piyush Pandey with its 2024 LIA Legend Award during the Creative LIAisons program. As the man who put Indian advertising on the world map, Pandey is the second creative giant to be conferred this prestigious award by LIA. He has been the executive chairman of Ogilvy India since 2004 and recently stepped into an advisory role at the company.

Luquire

Independent agency Luquire has named Adam Levine as its first-ever chief marketing officer. Levine’s arrival follows Stephanie Spicer and Glen Hilzingers recent elevation to partners, as well as a restructuring of the agency that unites Luquire’s content and public relations disciplines.

McCann Worldgroup

McCann Worldgroup has appointed Miriam Plon Sauer to svp global strategy director. The former AKQA executive joins the group to take up a senior strategy role to lead brand development work across Ikea and L’Oréal brands.

Omnicom Media Group

Omnicom Media Group (OMG) has named Dylan Mouratsing U.K. managing director of its Annalect data and analytics division. In the new role, Mouratsing, who joins following his tenure as global chief data officer and partner at WPP’s T&Pm agency, will oversee the design and delivery of data and tech strategy and solutions for Omnicom clients in the U.K.

Outfront Media

Outfront Media has appointed Scott Felenstein as senior vice president of brand partnerships, bringing over 30 years of extensive experience in advertising, digital media, and sales management. Felenstein joins from National CineMedia (NCM), where he most recently held the role of president, sales, marketing and partnerships.

Rapp

Rapp has appointed Jeannine Falcone as its new global chief executive officer. In her new role, Falcone will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Rapp’s business and operations.

Raucous Content

Raucous Content is welcoming director/DP Gregory Mitnick to its expanding roster of talent. Known for his signature docu-style that blends raw emotion with playful charm, Mitnick has worked for brands including Apple, Google, and Disney.

Rise at Seven

Rise at Seven has named Karl Loudon as global managing director to oversee the entire organization’s operations. Loudon joined the agency 18 months ago as chief commercial officer prioritizing growth in each market.

Sid Lee

Philippe Meunier, CEO and co-founder of Sid Lee, is transitioning to the role of executive and creative chair, and Marie-Lise Campeau will rejoin Sid Lee as global chief operating officer. Additionally, Patrick McDaniel will step in as interim CEO, focusing on operational leadership. Sid Lee is also integrating its teams across Sid Lee Toronto, Montreal and the U.S. into Sid Lee North America. Genevieve Boulanger will assume the position of North America chief operating officer, and Tom Ramsden will serve as president of North America.

Tangible

Customer experience consultancy Tangible has added Michelle Suttle as chief growth officer, following long-term roles at VML and WPP. Suttle will work to scale up the company’s pipeline and explore new ways to build upon the 20+ years of partnerships between Tangible and clients including Intel and Intuit.

Taptap Digital

Taptap Digital, an omnichannel marketing platform, has appointed Matthew Taylor as sales director, U.K. Taylor will focus on expanding and deepening agency relationships to further accelerate regional expansion plans in Western Europe.