Marty Cooke, a highly regarded individual in the creative and marketing worlds, is joining Global marketing agency RAPP as U.S. Chief Creative Officer. According to the August 30th press release at PR Newswire, Bob Horvath, Global CEO of RAPP was quoted as saying: “Great creative thinking is the final piece of the puzzle in our [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Fallon Group has been brought on as the agency of record for H&R Block Inc.’s $155 million advertising account, the Kansas City Business Journal reports. The Fallon Group is being hired after H&R Block reported a disappointing 2010 fiscal year. The tax preparer previously had a contract with Omnicom Group’s DDB Worldwide Communications Group [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 24, 2009
RPMC has announced that Michael Birkin, former Vice Chairman of Omnicom Group and CEO of Omnicom Asia-Pacific, has taken a majority position in the privately held company, effective immediately. Birkin will hold the title of partner at RPMC, and will oversee its expansion in the marketing services and consulting sector. He will found a New [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 5, 2009
Joe Bartolucci has rejoined Leo Burnett, Chicago, as senior vice president and creative director. He will oversee creative efforts for both Leo Burnett USA, and marketing services subsidiary Arc Worldwide. Bartolucci was most recently group creative director at Tribal DDB, part of the DDB Worldwide unit of the Omnicom Group. He began his marketing career [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Another Southern US ad agency is laying off workers. Austin, Texas’ GSD&M Idea City has cut 10 jobs, and imposed across-the-board temporary pay cuts. Mark Taylor, the agency’s executive creative director, has also left the firm. The agency has about 500 employees. GSD&M Idea City is an advertising agency founded in 1971 by graduates of [...]
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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