Milwaukee independent agency Laughlin Constable fired CCO Dan Fietsam after unspecified sexual harassment allegations were made against him, according to an email he wrote to employees before his departure. “Based on information brought to our attention late last week, we terminated our CCO’s employment as of May 26,” Laughlin Constable CEO Mat Lignel wrote in… ..
Tag : Leadership & Talent
MDC Partners’ 72andSunny laid off an unspecified number of employees amounting to “less than 5 percent” of total staff in its Los Angeles office this week, several days after its relationship with Infiniti came to an end. According to a statement from an agency spokesperson, the company is currently undergoing an internal reorganization in order… ..
In what would appear to be the first direct legal challenge to the Diet Madison Avenue Instagram account, former CP+B chief creative officer Ralph Watson has filed a civil case accusing it, along with two anonymous parties who allegedly help run the account, of defamation. Campaign first reported on the suit earlier today. The case… ..
Independent agency Droga5 today announced that it has promoted executive creative director and eight-plus-year veteran Neil Heymann to the role of chief creative officer, effective immediately. Heymann will lead a 167-person department, reporting to founder and creative chairman David Droga and overseeing all campaigns produced by the shop, which was Adweek’s U.S. Agency of the… ..
Hulu announced today that it has hired two vps, one from Netflix and one from Samsung, to head up the brand’s marketing teams. Ryan Crosby and Nick Tran will start in June and report to Hulu marketing chief Kelly Campbell. “During a critical time for Hulu, we’re excited to bring in two new vice presidents… ..
Many in marketing want to work at the hottest new company “disrupting” a certain kind of business, be it shaving, pharmacies or even milk. But most ad agencies don’t have that luxury, especially if they’re owned by parent companies that report, first and foremost, to their investors. Media network PHD is part of Omnicom, the… ..
Universal McCann’s new global chief financial officer is a familiar face. The agency brought Jason Rosenbaum back to take on the role, following around three and a half years at WebMD, where he served as vice president, strategic pricing and yield management. UM global CEO Daryl Lee announced the appointment in an internal memo last… ..
One surefire way to ensure a successful partnership between a brand and a musical artist is by embedding the latter into the creative process. That’s something Nue Agency learned through its seven years managing and working closely with musicians. The agency started as a talent representation house in 2007 before pivoting to a creative music… ..
During stops at renowned shops like Lowe and Partners, McCann and Grey, longtime creative director Erica Fite said she never received the kind of support that working parents really need in order to flourish in the industry. Twenty years ago, she brought her then-5-month-old son on a commercial shoot in Los Angeles so she could… ..
Mary Owusu got into the search marketing game right at its start in the early aughts. Growing up, Owusu–now the vp and director of analytics and SEO at Syracuse, N.Y.-based digital and PR shop Mower–enjoyed figuring out how to fix broken electronics, leading her to believe she was destined to become an engineer. But when… ..
