Contributors

  • David O'Reilly

    David is a former deputy editor of Campaign and writer for a number of leading titles including Management Today and the Sunday Times. He is a partner in The Editorial Partnership.
  • Emma Hall

    Emma Hall is a journalist and editorial consultant and is the former Europe Editor of Ad Age, where she covered European marketing advertising, digital and media stories. She has written for newspapers including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times and the Telegraph, and was previously a section editor at Campaign. Emma started her career in New York as a researcher for a biography of Keith Richards.
  • George Parker

    George Parker has spent 40 years on Madison Avenue. He’s won Lions, CLIOs, EFFIES, and the David Ogilvy Award. His blog is adscam.typepad.com, which is required reading for those looking for a gnarly view of the world’s second oldest profession.” His latest book, Confessions of a Mad Man, makes the TV show Mad Men look like Sesame Street.
  • Giles Keeble

    Giles Keeble started as a rep (account man) at JWT before moving to BMP. There Stanley Pollitt told him that JWT’s Stephen King had wanted him to become a planner. John Webster encouraged him to become a writer but after a number of years Giles moved to French Gold Abbott and, for a while, did become a planner of sorts. Returning to writing he went to David Abbott’s new agency AMV followed by WCRS and was then ECD of Leo Burnett for six years. He then returned to AMV before moving to Publicis and then Lowe in Hong Kong at the inception of the ‘World’s Local Bank’ campaign for HSBC. He now works as a writer and strategist as well as running advertising courses for senior clients.
  • Jane Austin

    Jane Austin is the founder and owner of PR agency Persuasion Communications.
  • Jerry Judge

    Jerry Judge is a co-founder of self-styled ‘capitalist collective’ The Fearless Group. Based in New York. Fearless is a new-style agency bringing together senior people from a number of marketing disciplines. Born in London, he has worked in senior management roles in a number of top creative agencies including TBWA, BBH and Lowe in London and Lowe in New York. He then became CEO of Lowe International (now owned by Interpublic) and oversaw the merger of Ammirati Puris Lintas and Lowe in 1999.
  • Lee Sharrock

    Lee Sharrock is the Global Creative PR for Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, and founder of Lee Sharrock PR, a consultancy for creative industries. She is also a writer and contributes to Creative Mapping, Art India, Art Wednesday, FAD Website and Kilimanjaro. Lee is co-founder of ‘Watch This Space’, an organisation providing curatorial and promotional support for young and emerging artists. She is on the committee of the annual Macmillan De’ Longhi Art Auction, PR Director of Scream gallery in London and press officer of Azerbaijan Pavilion at the 54th La Biennale di Venezia.
  • Matt Williams

    Matt Williams is head of content at Partners Andrews Aldridge.
  • Michael Lee

    Michael Lee is a former ECD of Euro RSCG New York handling Volvo Worldwide. Born in England, he spent 20 years working on integrated accounts including Intel, JP Morgan, ExxonMobil and Jaguar. In 2012 he set up agency search consultancy Madam.
  • Paul Simons

    Paul joined Cadbury-Schweppes in brand management and then moved to United Biscuits. He switched to advertising in his late 20s, at Cogent Elliott and then Gold Greenlees Trott. He founded Simons Palmer Denton Clemmow & Johnson in the late 80s, one of the leading creative agencies of the 90s. Simons Palmer then merged with TBWA to create a top ten agency. Paul then joined O&M as chairman & CEO of the UK group. After three years he left to create a new AIM-quoted advertising group Cagney Plc. He is now a consultant to a number of client companies. Paul also shares his thoughts on his blog. Visit Paul Simons Blog.
  • Richard Addis

    Richard Addis has edited two national newspapers, The Daily Express and The Globe and Mail, through periods of major change in two of the most competitive marketplaces in the world. He has also been deputy editor or executive/associate editor on The Daily Mail, The Sunday Telegraph, The Financial Times and The Evening Standard. His international experience includes working or consulting on newspapers in North America, Africa, India and the Middle East. He has experience at many levels of newspapers including editing, reporting, design and board level management. He is currently managing director of Shakeup Media.
  • Partner Content

    This is partner content editorial and the author’s views are entirely their own and may not reflect the views of More About Advertising.
  • Stephen Foster

    Stephen is a former editor of Marketing Week and London Evening Standard advertising columnist. He wrote City Republic for Brand Republic and is a partner in communications consultancy The Editorial Partnership.
  • Stuart Smith

    Stuart Smith is one of the most incisive and knowledgeable commentators on global marketing. He was a long-time editor of Marketing Week during the period when it was the UK's leading marketing, media and advertising specialist publication. Visit Stuart Smith Blog.
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