Media executive Jon Otto is joining BBC Studios as a senior vice president of ad sales in North America. Otto will be responsible for overseeing direct media sales, sponsorships, and branded content for BBC Studios and BBC.com across the U.S. and Canada. Based in New York, Otto will report to James Wildbore, senior vice president ..
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Outfront Media has named Nick Brien as its permanent chief executive (CEO). Brien, who has been at the helm of the out-of-home (OOH) business on an interim basis since February, stepped in following the retirement of its longtime CEO, Jeremy Male, at the end of 2024. The new CEO previously led ad platform Amobee. Before that, ..
Wurl, the streaming company owned by mobile adtech giant AppLovin, is getting a new leader. CEO Ron Gutman is set to retire Thursday and will be succeeded by Dave Bernath, effective immediately, the company said. Bernath previously served as general manager for the Americas at Wurl, where he has focused on partnerships and revenue growth. ..
For decades, ad school graduates have entered agencies armed with classic creative skills like copywriting, art direction, and design. The next wave will bring something new to the table: fluency in artificial intelligence. When a new term begins this fall, ad schools including Miami Ad School, Brandcenter at Virginia Commonwealth University, and London’s School of ..
TRAVERSE32, the long-form entertainment production studio part of IPG Mediabrands, will move under creative network McCann. As part of the transition, TRAVERSE32 global president Brendan Gaul will join McCann as its first global chief entertainment officer. In the new role, Gaul will continue to run TRAVERSE32 while leading entertainment property development at McCann. The move ..
Accenture Song Tuesday named Ami Palan as its new lead for the Americas. In this role, she will be responsible for leading and growing Accenture Song’s business in the Americas region, which includes shaping and delivering strategy for the market, as well as collaborating across the creative agency to ensure that clients benefit from the ..
Sally-Ann Dale, a founding leader of Droga5 and one of advertising’s most influential production executives, died unexpectedly on August 3. She was 55 years old. Born in the U.K., Dale began her advertising career at just 15 years old and quickly rose through the ranks at Saatchi & Saatchi London, becoming head of TV at ..
A month or so ago, I was asked to take on the role of CEO at SMG, a global retail media specialist with offices in the U.K. and the U.S. Somewhat unusually, I was six months pregnant at the time. The reactions have been fascinating: congratulations, followed by congratulations again. There’s normally an accompanying smile ..
Under pressure from tariffs, industry consolidation, and the rise of artificial intelligence, employment across advertising agencies has held steady throughout the first half of 2025. Preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday show jobs at U.S. ad agencies increased to 220,500 positions in June, up slightly from the 220,400 reported in May, ..
Netflix brought in Ed Couchman to lead its U.K. ad sales team. He joins the streaming service from Spotify, where he was head of advertising sales, U.K. and Europe. At Netflix, Couchman will report to Damien Bernet, vice president of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) advertising. He is the latest ad sales executive to ..
