Tag Archives: JWT

After two years JWT and owner WPP have settled the sexual harassment case brought by chief communications officer Erin Johnson against former JWT global boss Gustavo Martinez. JWT says it has “reached an amicable settlement agreement with Erin Johnson, chief ...

WPP’s Grey New York is launching a “reduced workweek program” allowing staff to work a four day week in return for 85 per cent of their five day salary. Grey says this will give “employees flexibility and more free time ...

Missed this one, that global CCO Matt Eastwood (below) is leaving JWT for some unspecified venture but it probably all got too much for him in the strange alternative universe of JWT New York. Adweek’s Agency Spy discovered this memo ...

Yesterday we had timeTo, a somewhat belated effort to tackle sexism and its consequences in UK agencies from, among others, The Advertising Association and women’s ad group Wacl. Now in the US, where there’ve been more cases of sexual harassment, ...

Nice to know one part of the JWT empire is still knocking out ads, here’s one for vroom vroom fans from JWT Atlanta for Pennzoil Synthetics engine oil. Featuring their version of the Stig, vrooming around the “green hell” at ...

Almost unbelievably l’affaire Martinez, the exit of former global boss Gustavo Martinez, rumbles on at JWT. Martinez (below), who was accused of harassment, is now holed up in JWT Spain, some say as country manager. No-one is saying publicly exactly ...

Is another big global review of creative and media a story these days? As everyone’s doing it. It’s the business version of chairman Mao’s permanent revolution. No wonder agencies never seem to achieve that much these days, they’re too busy ...

HSBC has been trying to become something other than “the world’s local bank” for years now, partly because it no longer is, having pulled out of a number of countries. But it was still a good line for the bank, ...

We Are Social has been analysing Twitter users’ response to UK Christmas ads and found that, while John Lewis’ Moz the Monster is top for responses, Debenhams’ effort from JWT (below) captured tweeters’ hearts (supposing they have such a thing). ...