João Paz has been elevated to Head of Design from Associate Creative Director at MullenLowe New York; ECD Chris Rowson is building ‘a design team of makers.’
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Matthew McNerney Is Named Creative Director, Experience
Landor & Fitch has appointed Matthew McNerney as Creative Director, Experience for the New York studio.
HUSH Ups Kristen DiCamillo To Partner
For the first time since the launch of the company nearly 15 years ago, HUSH is welcoming a brand new Partner by the name of Kristen DiCamillo.
Conran Design Group Adds Ankur Naik
Conran Design Group has brought on brand storyteller Ankur Naik as Senior Strategist. Naik has worked with leading brands including Burton, Target, BarkBox, Google, Spotify, Showtime and AES.
Little Big Brands Expands Strategy Team
Brand design agency Little Big Brands is bolstering its strategy team with the addition of two industry experts: Robin Lauffer and Katherine Richardson.
Karl Stewart Heads To HUSH
Reflecting its renewed commitment to fostering a strong, values-driven company culture, experience design firm HUSH welcomes veteran human resources professional Karl Stewart as their new Talent and People Manager.
Clarke Returns To Siegel+Gale As Digital CD
Clinton Clarke has joined Siegel+Gale as Digital Creative Director. In this role, he focuses on the intersection of brand and digital, creating digital engagements to bring brands and experiences to life for global businesses.
HUSH Welcomes Michael Burkin
Experiential design firm HUSH is strengthening its leadership team with the addition of Michael Burkin as Director of Growth. He believes there are areas for the design firm to open up the conversation and talk about experience in a broader way.
Yuthas To Leadership Role At SpeedPro
SpeedPro, a large-format printing franchisor with 126 locations throughout the United States, has promoted Danielle Yuthas to Vice President of Marketing.
A Piercing Moment of Clarity
Gordon Kaye, editor and publisher, with thoughts on the 2021 GDUSA People To Watch and Students To Watch special edition.
Taamrat Amaize Joins COLLINS
Taamrat Amaize joins COLLINS as Head of Strategy. She will help the branding and design agency confront a growing skepticism of brands, and was integral to their recent work reimaging Robinhood.
Sunjay Morar Upped At Tank Design
Tank Design, a creative branding agency, recently promoted Sunjay Morar to design director for the FedEx Team.
Pandemic Leads To Journey of Gratitude
JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO, Birk Creative, came up with an idea to help small businesses survive during the pandemic that includes giving them a marketing tool subsidized by her agency.
Alasdair Lennox To Creative Director of Experience
Global brand and design consultancy LANDOR & FITCH appoints Alasdair Lennox Group Executive Creative Director of Experience, Americas.
HUSH Adds Daniel Perlin As Director Of Strategy
Experience design firm HUSH strengthens its team by naming Daniel Perlin as their new Director of Strategy.
Tom Newmaster: Educator To Watch 2020
Tom Newmaster has 30 years of award-winning experience in branding and packaging. He is an Adjunct Instructor, teaching package design since 2008, at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design.
Robinson To Bridge Gap At The Martin Agency
Award-winning creative Danny Robinson is named Chief Client Officer, a new post at The Martin Agency, which is intended to bridge the gap between the creative and account departments.
Thad Kubis Called A Model Educator At City Tech
Thad Kubis is lauded as a professional and passionately driven educator at City Tech, whose career includes hands-on experience in advertising agencies, the creative community, print production, and the ever-changing world of new and emerging media.
Enlisted Design Acquired by Global Ecommerce Platform
The acquisition of Enlisted Design by Pattern creates a partnership that brings all-new design capabilities to further help Pattern’s drive to become a premier platform for global e-commerce.
Anderson and Florence Add To Diversity of One Club Board
The One Club has increased the diversity of its leadership, naming Gail Anderson, chair of BFA Design and BFA Advertising at the School of Visual Arts, and Sherina Florence, creative director at Oglivy, to its Board of Directors.
Falzano To Help Lead Conran Design Group
Christina Falzano, former COO at Wolff Olins, is named Managing Director, US at design agency Conran Design Group. She worked on brands such as Google, Wikipedia, Uber, Showtime, Spotify, and Dell over the years.
Randolph Spearheads Phase 3 Expansions
David Randolph brings extensive agency experience to Atlanta’s Phase 3, an integrated marketing, PR, creative, digital, print and marketing logistics service provider.
Draper Joins CBX As Senior VP
Brand strategy and design veteran Michael Draper brings startup-style approaches to retailers and CPG manufacturers.
New Challenge For Bob Isherwood
Bob Isherwood of Saatchi & Saatchi fame, has joined The One Club to head up its Professional Development programming.
Cybelle Jones Heads SEGD At Critical Juncture
The Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) Board of Directors has unanimously selected Cybelle Jones as the new CEO of the organization.
frog Jumps To Latin America
frog opens a new studio in Mexico City enabling local and global clients in the region to have access to over 50 years of design expertise.
Alysha Smith to CEO of Utah’s modern8
Alysha Smith is now CEO of strategic brand design consultancy modern8 She was Managing Director of the agency, has been inhouse at Banana Republic and Gap, was recently director of Salt Lake Design Week.
Lancaster Is CD at HOK’s Experience Design Group
Jeff Lancaster is the new creative director for HOK’s Experience Design group based in Los Angeles .
BBB’s Bennie Johnson Heads AIGA
AIGA has named a new Executive Director: Bennie F. Johnson. He comes over from the Better Business Bureau. The search process was led by the Board of Directors and executive search firm Nonprofit HR.
Rick Valicenti’s Thirst Closes Shop
Thirst has closed but founder Rick Valicenti has plans while partners John Pobojewski and Bud Rodecker find continuity in new firm
‘Next Evolution’ of Carbone Smolan
Carbone Smolan Agency has entered into a strategic alliance in NYC with the Chicago-based firm 50,000feet (“50k”).
HUSH Welcomes Creative Technologist Nicole Messier
As Lead Creative Technologist at HUSH, Nicole Messier works closely with the design teams.
Trollbäck+Company Adds Bishop and Roberts
Trollbäck+Company appoints Bo Bishop as Executive Director, Creative Strategy and Fran Roberts as Creative Director.
Gordon Kaye: Thoughts On The 2019 Design Annual
Gordon Kaye a publisher and lawyer. Here are some thoughts on vision and values as reflected in the 56th anniversary GDUSA Design Annual.
Women Design Directors Expand ThoughtMatter Leadership Team
New York-based brand design studio ThoughtMatter has named Wednesday Krus and newcomer Samantha Barbagiovanni as Design Directors to help lead an already predominantly female team.
In Memoriam: Lifelong Bostonian Gill Fishman
Gill Fishman, a talented, successful, smart and empathetic graphic designer, fought a valiant, three-year battle with cancer that ended peacefully this week.
Johnston Is Creative Director At HUSH
Experience design agency HUSH adds multidisciplinary visual storyteller Garrett Johnston as a Creative Director.
Tobias Frere-Jones Is MICA Designer-In-Residence
Tobias Frere-Jones has been named this year’s Wm. O. Steinmetz ’50 Designer-in-Residence at MICA. It features a public lecture October 29 at 7 pm on campus.
Karolak Is Gender Equality Manager At One Club
The One Club has named Kasia Karolak the Gender Equality Program Manager, a new role at the non-profit.
Johansen To Head Of Strategy At Pearlfisher NYC
Pearlfisher appoints Emily Johansen as the Head of Strategy at Pearlfisher New York.