Pinterest has hired British newspaper The Guardian’s commercial director Nick Hewat as its sales director for the U.K. and Ireland. Maintaining growth is challenging. Gain the industry-wide recognition your team deserves by submitting to the 2021 Adweek Fastest Growing awards. Deadline extended through 7/23. View details and start your submission. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/media/pinterest-hires-the-guardians-nick-hewat-to-lead-its-u-k-and-ireland-commercial-o..
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DDB’s North American chief creative officer Britt Nolan is rejoining Leo Burnett Chicago as president and CCO to oversee the creative output and manage the Chicago office while supporting the global Leo Burnett network. He will report to Andrew Swinand, CEO of Leo Burnett Group and Publicis Groupe Creative U.S. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/agencies/britt-nolan-exits-ddb-returning-to-leo-burnett-chicago-as-cco-and-..
More than 15 years after the initial onset of the Me Too movement, women across multiple industries are still speaking out regarding the misogyny and sexual abuse they’ve endured in the workplace. This week, one group is pointing an even stronger spotlight on insidiously enduring sexism in the ad industry. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/agencies/no-more-this-declaration-written-by-women-in-advertising-puts-all-harassers-..
A U.K. tribunal has ruled against former creative agency JWT, now part of Wunderman Thompson, in a case that claimed a group of men lost their jobs as part of the agency’s drive toward more diverse staffing. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/agencies/agency-jwt-was-discriminatory-in-cutting-5-straight-white-male-workers-u-k-ru..
Personalized video platform Cameo named its first ever vice president of product, tapping Uber director of product Nundu Janakiram for the role. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/media/cameo-hails-ubers-nundu-janakiram-as-its-first-ever-vp-o..
Kelly Cook has a reputation for three things: a straight-shooting, big-hearted leadership style, a laser focus on what the customer needs, and the ability to turn around marketing departments that are ready for digital transformation. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/inside-the-brand/what-managing-a-call-center-and-being-a-mom-taught-davids-bridals-cmo-about-l..
Mat Baxter is leaving Initiative but staying with the IPG Network, having today been named global chief executive officer at Huge. Baxter moves over from IPG’s Initiative, where he was most recently chairman. In his new role, Baxter will lead the agency of more than 1,200 people across a dozen markets. Maintaining growth is challenging. ..
Industry veteran Taj Alavi is now global head of marketing at Spotify, a newly created role for the music streaming company, the brand confirmed to Adweek today. Maintaining growth is challenging. Gain the industry-wide recognition your team deserves by submitting to the 2021 Adweek Fastest Growing awards. View details and start your submission before 6/25. ..
Eight months since landing in the U.S., Australian and New Zealand independent agency Special Group is rapidly expanding in the Americas with 17 new hires over the past few months. Notably, these mostly organic arrivals are largely talent leaving large holding companies in favor of smaller, more family-like shops. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/agencies/special-group-us-ramps-up-with-17-..
Publicis Groupe is rejiggering its U.S. Publicis Media leadership team with an array of new titles to round out its C-suite. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/agencies/publicis-groupe-reorganizes-media-leader..
