It’s not every day you get to interview the CMO of PepsiCo Beverages… and his daughter! When Greg Lyons invited me into his home, via zoom of course, I not only got to spend quality time with Greg talking through career and life defining moments, but I got to meet his lovely daughter, Molly, his ..
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IBM has named software marketing veteran Carla Piñeyro Sublett as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/ibm-carla-pineyro-su..
For the past two years, in celebration of Black History Month, agency owner Derek Walker has highlighted some of the industry’s most prominent and emerging Black talent. This year, Adweek is partnering with Walker on this inspiring and important project. Derek Walker Derek Walker is the founder of agency Brown & Browner in Columbia, S.C. ..
The Richards Group went through a round of layoffs at the end of last year, which the agency said affected about 15% of staff. According to its LinkedIn, the Dallas-based shop employs more than 700 people, meaning roughly 100 people have been let go. Recommended articles https://www.adweek.com/agencies/the-richards-grou..
January is usually when industry executives would be booking their summer flights to the French Riviera. But as Covid-19 continues to surge this month, most of us get nervous at the idea of even hopping in an Uber or taking a trip to the grocery store. While major gatherings such as CES, Sundance and SXSW ..
Agency veteran Nicky Bell is joining Facebook as vice president of Facebook Creative Shop, the social network’s in-house creative strategy team. Bell was most recently senior vp of global client partnerships at R/GA, serving in that role from August 2019 through July 2020 after joining the agency in August 2016 as senior vp and managing ..
Veteran brand steward Musa Tariq is joining GoFundMe today as chief marketing officer. He takes on the role as the company seeks to build on the growth it experienced during the upheavals of 2020 and solidify its identity as a direct line of financial assistance to all manner of causes. It’s not what Tariq calls ..
McCann New York has hired Perry Fair as evp, global executive creative director and director of entertainment, a new role at the agency. He joins from Juul Labs, where he most recently served as vp of global brand management. In this role, he managed global branding, loyalty programs, creativity and design. Fair brings a mix ..
Ricky Strauss, who has managed content at fast-growing streamer Disney+ as president of programming and content curation, is exiting the company after nine years. The move, which Strauss and Disney international and direct-to-consumer chairman Rebecca Campbell announced in internal staff memos today, comes months after a major reorganization at the House of Mouse that positioned ..
Healthcare and pharmacy giant CVS Health appointed Michelle Peluso to the newly created role of chief customer officer, with direct oversight of its marketing and brand strategy, the company said today. She will begin the job on Jan. 25, with a mandate to transform both the end-to-end customer experience and accelerate CVS Health’s digital strategy. ..
