| 5 hours ago Justine Armour is leaving 72andSunny New York to join Grey New York as its chief creative officer. Armour fills the role previously held by Andreas Dahlqvist before he left Grey New York two years ago to join Nord DDB. In the wake of his departure, Jeff Stamp and Rob Lenois both ..
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| 6 hours ago Havas-owned creative agency Arnold has appointed George Sargent as CEO, filling a role that’s been empty since Kiran Smith left the top job in October. He joins from Havas Media Boston, where he will also continue to serve as president. Chief creative officer Icaro Doria, who joined the Boston-based agency two ..
| 2 hours ago Maurice Saatchi, who co-founded M&C Saatchi in 1995, is leaving the agency alongside three non-executive directors. In addition to Saatchi, who served as executive director, Lorna Tilbian, Michael Dobbs and Michael Peat are departing. Their departures come amid an accounting scandal, as an independent review by PwC uncovered errors to the ..
| 15 mins ago Away, the direct-to-consumer luggage brand beloved by celebrities and influencers, appointed current COO of Lululemon Stuart Haselden as its new chief executive officer, a spokesperson for the company confirmed to Adweek. Haselden may be seen as a calming force coming in to lead the brand, which has been at the center ..
| 30 mins ago When she was in the third grade, Rashida Jones, now svp of specials, NBC News and MSNBC, knew she wanted to be a writer. She thought her future was as an English teacher or in print journalism and spent high school looking for new ways to tell stories. It wasn’t until ..
| 35 mins ago Key insights For decades, advertising worshipped a consistent pantheon of dapper demigods. They founded scrappy agencies that became global juggernauts, several wrote books with their own names in the titles and most left behind legacies of inspirational leadership speckled with quotable witticisms. But do names like Bill Bernbach, Leo Burnett, Jay ..
| 3 hours ago David Shim, who joined the location-based technology platform Foursquare as president in June, has been elevated to CEO and added to the board of directors, the company announced today. Current CEO Jeff Glueck is leaving Foursquare at year’s end to explore new opportunities. Shim had been founder and CEO of Placed, ..
| 3 mins ago Sales and marketing agency Acosta, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware on Dec. 1 in a deal with creditors that will convert $3 billion of debt into equity. The Jacksonville-based company, which has worked with major brands like Campbell’s, Coca-Cola, Kellogg’s, Kraft Heinz and other leading consumer goods brands, ..
| 48 mins ago Change is coming to Unilever, as the CPG giant recently announced the creation of a new role: chief digital and marketing officer. The spot will be filled by Conny Braams, who has served as executive vice president of Unilever Middle Europe since 2016. “Her experience will be critical to the transformation ..
| 1 hour ago The challenge of returning J.C. Penney‘s digital channel to growth now lies on the shoulders of ecommerce veteran Karl Walsh, who joined the department store chain as its chief digital officer effective Monday, the company said today. Walsh has more than 18 years of ecommerce experience and was previously the chief ..
