It hasn’t been the best of weeks for WPP with £400m billing Vodafone media departing to Carat in the UK but it will be pleased to hang on to what may be its longest-serving client, the US Marine Corps. JWT ...
Read More »Former Publicis exec Ewen Sturgeon joins new Wunderman Thompson team as Europe boss
Here’s a clue as to what WPP’s Wunderman Thompson will look like and what it hopes to do. The recently-merged agency has hired former Publicis big hitter Ewen Sturgeon as CEO of Europe and South Africa, reporting to global boss ...
Read More »Former JWT boss Toby Hoare finds key new role at merged Wunderman Thomson
Bet Toby Hoare never thought his last big job in advertising (assuming this is) would be as vice chairman of something called Wunderman Thomson – but it is. Hoare (below) is a former boss of Cordiant’s Bates group (once owned ...
Read More »Wunderman Thomson gets on the board with global Duracell
Newly-merged WPP agency Wunderman Thomson has won what it needed to make its mark, Duracell’s global creative apart from North America (significant obviously) which is with Wieden+Kennedy. What’s more, Duracell (now owned by Berkshire Hathaway) has been positively fulsome about ...
Read More »WPP shuffles its agency deck again as it forms new “powerhouse” in Seattle
More network shuffling at WPP, this time it’s digital network Possible (already described as a Wunderman Thompson company) merging with Wunderman Thompson – only in Seattle at this stage although it looks like the two are joining forces officially in ...
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