And it proved to be quite a debut in 2020, winning Halifax, MoneySupermarket and chunks of Vodafone and Sainsbury’s (among others) in pretty short order, as well as recruiting Rob Curran from Wunderman Thompson to head up CX. Now NCA ...
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To 76 Dean Street, Soho, where adam&eveDDB co-founders James Murphy (CEO) and David Golding (CSO) were departing for new pastures – specifically a year’s gardening leave but then a new agency. Among the pearls offered up was Murphy’s (or was ...
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James Murphy is a co-founder of adam&eveDDB, the world’s most awarded creative agency of recent years. Chicken Town for KFC. Hard to execute this brief without being clunky but Mother does what it does best here. Effortless confidence, crafted to ...
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Adweek’s most read article of 2018 (so far) is Rei Inamoto’s design for a new kind of agency, one that clients want and actually find useful. The former CCO of AKQA, now running his own innovation company Inamoto & Co, ...
Read More »Adam&eveDDB’s Murphy and Golding to roll the dice again
It was probably always a matter of when not if: adam&eve founders James Murphy and David Golding are following fellow founders Ben Priest and Jon Forsyth out of the now Omnicom-owned agency. The two plan to set up again, probably ...
Read More »Brooks, Sorrell, Murphy…what do the next few months hold for adland’s movers and shakers?
In many ways, the business year starts in September. CEOs come back from their holidays with batteries recharged and new worlds to conquer. Or just the desire to hang on to their job. So who, in the world of advertising, ...
Read More »James Murphy of adam&eveDDB: the best ads of 2014
James Murphy is CEO of adam&eveDDB. He began his career as a graduate at Ogilvy and then spent 11 years at RKCR/Y&R in a number of senior management roles. He co-founded adam&eve, renowned for its John Lewis work, in 2008 ...
Read More »The Drum’s top UK Adverati dances to a different tune
UK trade mag The Drum has inquired of its readers who the movers and shakers in British advertising are (a so-called Adverati) – and it’s a rum old list. This may reflect The Drum’s origins as a mag based in ...
Read More »Now adam&eve scoops Mulberry account
Adam&eveDDB has added yet another account to its 2014 haul, luxury handbag and accessories brand Mulberry. So far this year A&E has won Virgin Atlantic and McCain among others, both pitches against top-ranking London agencies. A&W, most famous for its ...
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