Campaign articles from January 2006

Campaign archives from January 2006

Kelly heads WPP's United dream team.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Jim Kelly and Robert Campbell reunite at United as WPP takes full ownership. Jim Kelly and Robert Campbell are parachuting in as the joint managing partners at United London, in a move which also sees the agency's HHCL name scrapped. The...

Industry mourns death of John Webster.(BMP)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
January 13, 2006... Tributes were pouring in this week for John Webster after the sudden death of the creator of some of Britain's most famous TV advertising from the Smash Martians to the Sugar Puffs Honey Monster. Webster, who was 71, suffered a heart attack...

Ed Morris poised to quit Lowe London for Sir Frank's start-up.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Ed Morris is set to quit as Lowe London's executive creative director to join the rival agency being launched by Sir Frank Lowe and a group of senior admen. Morris, who is expected to resign next week, follows the pounds 50 million Tesco...

Toyota hands CHI pounds 10m tactical UK business.(Clemmow Hornby Inge, Toyota Motor Corp.)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Clemmow Hornby Inge has dealt Saatchi & Saatchi a further blow on its Toyota account, winning the duties for the car manufacturer's UK tactical advertising. CHI's appointment, which is estimated to be worth pounds 10 million, is the first...

DWP seeks closer ties with agencies.(Department of Work and Pensions, COI )(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... A second Whitehall department is seeking a more arms'- length relationship with COI to secure more control over its campaigns. The Department of Work and Pensions, one of Whitehall's biggest adspenders, with an annual budget of around...

SEB to review pounds 20m European media.(Groupe SEB S.A. enters into advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Groupe SEB, the domestic appliances company, is reviewing its estimated pounds 20 million pan-European media planning and buying business. The French holding company, which owns brands including Tefal, Rowenta and Moulinex, is aiming to...

HP Foods consolidates pounds 7.5m media account into Vizeum.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... HP Foods has consolidated its pounds 7.5 million media buying and planning account into Vizeum after the agency beat two undisclosed agencies to land the business. Previously, HP worked with Brand Connection for media planning and Carat...

Reddy quits McCann Erickson for BBH head of art role.(Mark Reddy appointed at Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Mark Reddy, the McCann Erickson London executive head of art, is leaving the agency at the end of the month to join Bartle Bogle Hegarty with the same title. He will be deployed on large projects, including the Vodafone and British Airways...

Maestro appoints creative and media.(MasterCard Europe enters into an advertising contract with McCann Erickson)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... MasterCard Europe has awarded the pounds 4 million creative advertising and media briefs for its Maestro debit- card brand to McCann Erickson and Universal McCann without a pitch. Creative duties for Maestro, which was known as Switch in...

Dare wins pitch for Vodafone business.(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Vodafone UK has awarded its digital advertising account to Dare, after a three-way pitch against Modem Media and Agency.com. The mobile phone giant, which has never retained a digital agency before, also plans to double its online marketing...

HTW scoops pounds 5m Foster's CRM brief.(Harrison Troughton Wunderman)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Harrison Troughton Wunderman has strengthened its relationship with Scottish & Newcastle by capturing Foster's pounds 5 million customer relationship marketing account. HTW, which already works on the S&N brands San Miguel, Kronenbourg and...

Andy Lockley and BDH part company.(Andy Lockley resigns from BDH/TBWA)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... BDH\TBWA's creative director, Andy Lockley, has left the agency without a job to go to less than a year after he joined the Manchester shop. The agency's deputy creative director, Gary Hulme, and the creative Chris Lear have been promoted...

Burnett hires Burley and Bolton.(appointment of Jonathan Burley and Jim Bolton at Leo Burnett Company Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Jim Thornton hires the former HHCL creative directors to work across Leo Burnett's client list. Jonathan Burley and Jim Bolton, the former HHCL creative directors, have joined Leo Burnett. Reporting to the executive creative director,...

Digital UK picks Rapier for pounds 7m direct task.(Digital Union UK Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Digital UK, the organisation co-ordinating the switch-over from analogue to digital TV, has handed Rapier its pounds 7 million direct marketing brief. Rapier won the four-year contract in a final shoot-out against Proximity London....

Charlie Varley joins MediaVest Manchester.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Charlie Varley, a managing partner at Walker Media, is joining MediaVest Manchester as its planning director. Varley will also become a board director at the agency and is expected to receive a stake in the business, which was launched in...

Squibb severs ties with Lowe London.(Vince Squibb)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Vince Squibb, one of Lowe London's most decorated creatives, has severed his ties with the agency after more than 20 years. Over the years, the senior creative has built a strong reputation both as a copywriter and as an art director. He...

M&C loses pounds 16m Wanadoo business.(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... M&C Saatchi has lost Wanadoo's pounds 16 million advertising account as the internet service provider brand has become part of the pan-European review by its parent company, France Telecom. The telecoms giant, known as Orange in the UK, has...

ACP-Natmag backs new title with pounds 6m.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... ACP-Natmag is launching its second weekly title, Real People, with a pounds 6 million campaign by Clemmow Hornby Inge and Initiative Media. The real-life magazine will hit newsstands this week, with a cover price of 60p. It will compete...

ITV unites family of channels with pounds 3m branding overhaul.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... ITV is rebranding its family of channels in an attempt to change its image from a terrestrial broadcaster to a content brand. The new look replaces ITV's three-year-old blue-and-yellow logo with new logos and idents for ITV1, ITV2, ITV3,...

Chris Shaw quits Universal McCann.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Chris Shaw, the executive vice-president of Universal McCann, is leaving the network to pursue opportunities in the branded content world. Shaw, who has been at Universal for 11 years, has resigned from his role, which combined running...

Bolton takes global role at Enterprise IG.(Simon Bolton)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Simon Bolton, the former JWT chief executive, has been made the global chief executive of WPP's brand identity consultancy, Enterprise IG. Bolton, who left JWT in November last year, takes over from Dave Allen. Allen will become the...

FCB names McCarthy as managing director.(Enda McCarthy)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... FCB London has appointed Enda McCarthy, the Nitro general manager, as its new managing director. The appointment marks the agency's first step towards reshaping its management line-up after the departure of some of its senior figures last...

Corrections.
January 13, 2006... The IPA is not contemplating legal action against Google, nor is it planning to approach the Office of Fair Trading on the issue of agency commission, as reported in Campaign, 2 December. McCann Erickson has asked us to point out that it...

Modest genius who turned life into art.(John Webster dies at 71)(Obituary)
January 13, 2006... Adland is mourning the death of John Webster, a true creative legend from the golden age of advertising. It is a poignant irony that less than a year after he played the role of a heart patient in a profile-raising ad for Nabs, a heart...

What would adland be without John Webster?(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Without John Webster, UK ads wouldn't be so well-regarded and BMP wouldn't have been much. Planning would never have got established, millions of housewives wouldn't have been seduced by Martians, and we at BMP DDB wouldn't have had the most...

Media Forum: Is Sky One BSkyB's weakness?
January 13, 2006... As BSkyB considers new targets, is Sky One a cause for concern? Someone must have been putting something in the sherry in Osterley over the past couple of weeks because BSkyB certainly had a feisty old festive season. Just before Christmas,...

Media: Chatter.(DJ Chris Moyles appears to be oblivious)(Roger Alton, the editor of The Observer, plays down rumours)(Ofcom's chief executive officer Stephen Carter argues about his salary)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... 'It kills me that we can't have an ad during The X Factor or Coronation Street. Word of mouth and promoting the show is essential.' - The Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles appears to be oblivious to the amount of free advertising he gets on primetime...

Media: Barclays reviews its media planning account.(Starcom MediaVest Group)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Barclays is reviewing its pounds 30 million media planning and buying account out of Starcom. The agency is repitching against OMD, PHD and Walker Media. Jim Hytner, the marketing director at Barclays, said that the bank is looking for creative...

Media: IPC Media promotes Caroline McDevitt.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... IPC Media has promoted Caroline McDevitt to the position of managing director of IPC Advertising. McDevitt, who joined IPC in May last year as the director of group advertising, will take a seat on the IPC board.

Media: Cadbury renews its sponsorshiop of Coronation Street.(ITV PLC)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Cadbury has renewed its pounds 10 million sponsorship of Coronation Street for a further two years. The deal ends speculation that Cadbury was considering pulling out of backing the ITV soap.

Media: Five commissions new series featuring Rupert the Bear.("Rupert and Friends")(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Five has commissioned a new series featuring the cartoon character Rupert the Bear. Entertainment Rights, the independent media group, will produce 52 episodes of Rupert and Friends, which will run from autumn this year.

Media: BBC Magazines launches Doctor Who Adventures.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... BBC Magazines is launching Doctor Who Adventures, a fortnightly magazine aimed at six- to 12-year-olds. The title, a spin-off from the BBC's successful Doctor Who television series, will be priced at pounds 1.99 and include comic strips,...

Media: Loaded signs partnership deal with online casino 888.com.(IPC Media Ltd.)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... IPC Media's Loaded has signed a 12-month partnership deal with the online casino 888.com. The seven-figure deal will involve a range of activity across the year, including a Loaded in Las Vegas supplement.

Media: Capital Radio makes changes to its schedule.(Craig Doyle appointed)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Capital Radio has made changes to its schedule including moving its drivetime Go Home Show back one hour to 5pm. Craig Doyle joins the station to present a Saturday morning show and Capital has invested extra funds in its 24-hour news service.

Media: The Sunday Times signs as media partner.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... The Sunday Times has signed as the media partner for TCM's annual '28 Days of Oscar' season for the second consecutive year. The season, which launches on 1 February, is hosted by the actress Anjelica Huston and will show her favourite...

Media: Citroen appoints Media Planning Group.(advertising contracts)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Citroen has appointed Media Planning Group to handle the pan-European media planning and buying for the launch of its Citroen XM model. MPG pitched against OMD for the business.

Media: The Financial Times appoints head of financial advertising.(appointment of Rupert Lane)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... The Financial Times has appointed Rupert Lane as its head of financial advertising. Lane, who joined the FT in 2002, was previously responsible for the development of FTfm, the FT's weekly fund management supplement.

Media: GCap Media signs sponsorship deal with DatingDirect.com.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... GCap Media has signed a sponsorship deal with DatingDirect.com worth pounds 1.6 million. The deal will mean that DatingDirect.com will provide a dating service across GCap stations including Capital Radio, Choice FM and the Century Network.

Media: Evian reinforces its links with the fashion industry.(London Fashion Week)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Evian is reinforcing its links with the fashion industry through a sponsorship of London Fashion Week and its first TV sponsorship to support the Sky One show Project Catwalk. Project Catwalk runs for three months from mid-January and aims to...

Media Headliner: Driven Hazlitt aims to be Virgin Radio's dynamo.(Fru Hazlitt )
January 13, 2006... Fru Hazlitt's experience at Yahoo! and with Capital Radio should serve her well in her task at Virgin, Ian Darby reports. Fru Hazlitt isn't feeling too hot. It is the first week back after the Christmas break and her three young daughters...

Media: Lifeline - The Scotsman.
January 13, 2006... The Scotsman titles change hands again as the Barclay brothers concentrate on the Telegraph. 1955: The Scotsman celebrates its centenary having just changed hands. Its new owner is the Canadian newspaper magnate Roy Thomson, who by the end...

Media Perspective: Ofcom's light-touch approach sends out the right signals.(Ofcom's)(trading market)
January 13, 2006... FA Cup third-round weekend is fantastic. Not because of the football, which is generally third-rate, but because it's one of the few occasions when you get to hear shockingly foul language on primetime, pre-watershed BBC1. More used to...

Media: The Digital UK campaign.(Digital UK)
January 13, 2006... A huge ad push will prepare the UK for the switch-over. According to Digital UK's own estimates, one in five households in the UK could remain hostile to the whole notion of digital TV, right up into the switch-over period, which begins in...

Media: Double Standards - Hugging strangers and outdoor fun in Lapland.(Interview)
January 13, 2006... With decisions on the huge BAA and TfL contracts looming, two big outdoor players share their insights on an industry in transition. JULIE FRANCE - GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR, CLEAR CHANNEL UK - Is outdoor a creative medium? Yes. It's...

Media: Things we like.
January 13, 2006... ITV'S REBRANDING ITV appears to have hit the right note with the rebranding of its portfolio of channels. The commercial broadcaster has updated its image with a series of new idents and logos which are just the right side of slick and...

Media: Highlighting plight of children in care.(British Association for Adoption and Fostering)(advertising )
January 13, 2006... Brand: National Adoption Week Client: British Association for Adoption and Fostering Brief: Raise awareness of the need for permanent homes for thousands of children Target audience: Policy-makers, opinion-formers, national and regional...

Media: A Moment with Marquis.
January 13, 2006... I'm not falling for this 'Predictions for 2006' thing. Will Channel 4 merge with The People's Friend? Will Walker Media take over WPP? Will Garry Lace? Now there's a question. Things seldom turn out as you think. Correction: they never turn...

The World: Chicago - Leo Burnett lands Washington Mutual business.(Leo Burnett Company Inc. signed advertising contracts with Washington Mutual Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Leo Burnett has won the creative and media planning accounts for the US bank Washington Mutual, which is estimated to be worth in excess of dollars 100 million a year. The agency, which won the account following a pitch against Seattle's...

The World: New York - IPG Media appoints Santisi chief financial officer.(Terri M Santisi joins Interpublic Media )(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Interpublic Media has appointed Terri M Santisi (pictured) as its chief financial officer. In her new role, she will lead the financial operations for IPG's worldwide media operations, including Universal McCann, Initiative and Magna...

The World: Amsterdam - General Motors selects 180 for Opel projects.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... General Motors Europe has appointed 180 Amsterdam to work on two pan-European assignments for Opel, worth a total of x60 million. The agency picked up the business following a pitch against Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners and McCann...

The World: Mumbai - Allianz enters Indian market with TBWA campaign.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... TBWA\Mumbai has won the creative account for the European insurance and financial services group Allianz, as the company moves into the Indian market. The first campaign will promote Allianz's sponsorship of the forthcoming India versus...

The World: Hong Kong - Omnicom names Dumont Asia-Pacific president.(Serge Dumont )(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Omnicom has named Serge Dumont the president of its Asia-Pacific operations. He will report to Michael Birkin, the chairman and chief executive of Omnicom Asia-Pacific, and will be based in Beijing. Originally from France, Dumont has been...

The World: New York - Dabill defects from Fallon to join Toy as partner.(David Dabill joins Toy)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... David Dabill, the former Fallon chief operating officer, has been named the third partner of Toy, an agency set up by Ari Merkin and Anne Bologna, the former management team of Fallon New York. He is the latest in a line of senior...

The World: New York - Virgin Mobile hands Mother dollars 20m ad account.(Mother New York)(advertising contract)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Virgin Mobile has consolidated its dollars 20 million ad account into Mother New York. The company has also announced it is reviewing its media planning account out of Fallon. Howard Handler, Virgin Mobile's chief marketing officer,...

The World: Paris - Sauty de Chalon takes top Aegis France position.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Aegis has appointed Marie-Laure Sauty de Chalon (pictured) the chief executive of Aegis France following the departure of Laurent George. As well as her new responsibilities, which will include the day-to-day running of Vizeum, Isobar, The...

The World: Tel Aviv - Leo Burnett to buy 51 per cent stake in Israeli shop.(Leo Burnett Worldwide )(Geller-Nessis Marketing & Communications)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Leo Burnett Worldwide is set to acquire a 51 per cent stake in the Israeli agency Geller-Nessis Marketing & Communications. The deal is pending approval from the Israeli government's Anti-Trust Authority. Geller-Nessis works with local...

The World: Singapore - Heath and Mayo take top Ogilvy regional roles.(Paul Heath and David Mayo joins Ogilvy & Mather )(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Ogilvy & Mather has installed a new leadership team in Asia-Pacific. Paul Heath will be Ogilvy's president and David Mayo its vice-president. The appointments will move the agency towards a regional management structure and away from...

The World: International business magazines bite the dust.
January 13, 2006... Does the closure of Forbes' and BusinessWeek's international editions sound the death knell for paper, Lucy Aitken asks. BusinessWeek's tongue-in-cheek media predictions for 2006 include a hostile take-over of David Bowie by U2 and a...

The World: Insider's View - Australia.(trends of global advertising )
January 13, 2006... The trend for global advertising that ignores the power of language is dumbing down an industry in need of more brains, Simon Collins laments. Neil French is right. But most women don't just make crap creative directors, they also make...

Close-Up: Live Issue - 'Frank has no interest in recreating the past'.
January 13, 2006... Paul Hammersley tells John Tylee his start-up is not just Sir Frank Lowe's business, and vows it will look forward, not back. Paul Hammersley has been left holding a large baby. It's a bouncing infant agency whose birth announcement was...

Close-Up: Live Issue - Is Kate Moss still a good brand icon?
January 13, 2006... Noel Bussey asks whether Virgin Mobile is taking a risk in using the model in its latest campaign. In the week that Virgin Mobile aired the first ad to star its new brand spokesperson, the model Kate Moss, The Sun ran a front- page story...

Close-Up: 24 Hours with ... Tim Lindsay, Chairman, Publicis UK Group.
January 13, 2006... Name: Tim Lindsay Job: Chairman, Publicis UK Group Professional mission: Do good stuff for our clients Personal mantra: Avoid childcare 7.10am Alarm. Wake up confused. Roll out of bed, do 50 sit-ups, 50 trunk curls before body...

Editorial: Take nothing for granted in a contradictory 2006.(in advertising)(Editorial)
January 13, 2006... The coming year promises to be one of curious contradictions. While the housing market is appearing to steady, there is little sign this will lead to consumer confidence, and with it better fortunes for agencies. And while the need for...

Editorial: Clients will still want skilled specialists.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Because of their vertical rather than horizontal structures, agencies have traditionally been ill-equipped to provide the integrated thinking clients demand. But as the feature on page 30 suggests, it is one thing to create an agency workforce...

Opinion: Why a good chief executive is proving hard to find.
January 13, 2006... Question: What do Paul Bainsfair, Toby Hoare, David Jones and Michael Bray have in common? Answer: They're all looking enviously at HHCL United, which has stolen a march on them in their respective searches for a chief executive. Yes. In...

Opinion: On the Campaign Couch ... with JB.
January 13, 2006... Q: Clients moan about the various Christmas dos they have to go to with all their agencies. Should we buck the trend and do something in January or does this look like we're less dedicated than everyone else? A: You must first understand...

Diary: On the QT ..(Direct Marketing Association awards )(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... It wouldn't be New Year, without at least one Archibald Ingall Stretton anecdote. This year, it's a double whammy. Out of all the days in the calendar, the agency picked the night of the Direct Marketing Association awards to hold its Xmas...

Diary: Students whip out their assets in modest fashion.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Two third-year advertising students at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University have found that the best way to get your foot in the door at a big ad agency is to use other parts of your body. When sent to London with a brief to get their books...

Diary: Grimmer does Phil and Kirsty act for Sir Martin.(ZenithOptimedia)(MediaCom UK)
January 13, 2006... They're generous at ZenithOptimedia. Always on the lookout for opportunities for their rivals. Take, for instance, Greg Grimmer, the managing director of ZenithOptimedia's Zed agency. Overcome with emotion, and possibly liquid substances,...

Diary: Thank you, but a simple card would have done.(christmas celebrations at Campaign)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Campaign would like to thank all of you out there for sending us your compliments of the season. However, we could have managed without the card from Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners. When opened, it boomed out an in-your-face rendition...

Diary: Water-cooler monitor.(advertising agencies)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... WHAT TOPICS HAVE THE INDUSTRY BEEN DISCUSSING THIS WEEK? THE TALK TIME SPENT The France Telecom pitch. What must have been one 1 hr 13 mins of the biggest briefing sessions...

Diary: Pick of the Week - 4creative/More4.(advertisements, Channel 4 )(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Noel Bussey is in shock and in awe of Channel 4 after seeing 4creative's ad for More4's week of programming devoted to the Iraq conflict, Iraq: The Bloody Circus: 'Shot with haunting music and in slow-motion, the image of soldiers in a...

Diary: Turkey of the Week - Ogilvy & Mather/Ford Fiesta.(Claire Billings unhappy with new Ford Fiesta spot)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Claire Billings is left feeling unsatisfied by Ogilvy & Mather's new Ford Fiesta spot: 'It wouldn't be January without a New Year Turkey from Ford. This year's effort involves a voice-responsive Fiesta that rescues a bride from her...

Trading Places in Adland.
January 13, 2006... Making the move from one advertising discipline to another can be an attractive step, so why is it that so few people make it? And would agencies be better served by staff with more general skills than by specialists? John Tylee reports. ...

The Work: New Campaigns - UK.(contracts of the advertising agencies)
January 13, 2006... ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR - HONDA - CHOIR Project: Choir Client: Matt Coombe, marketing manager, Honda Brief: Launch the new Honda Civic Creative agency: Wieden & Kennedy Creative team: Ben Walker, Matt Gooden, Michael Russoff Planner:...

The Work: New Campaigns - The World.
January 13, 2006... AXE - SHOWER - SOUTH AMERICA Project: Shower Clients: Ricardo Pimenta, Florencia Pena, Cristian Cores, Fernando Laratro, group marketing directors, Unilever Brief: Launch Axe antiperspirant stressing the difference from Axe body spray...

The Work: Private View.
January 13, 2006... CREATIVE - Leon Jaume, executive creative director, WCRS At the turn of every year, City pundits probe the health of our business by asking Sir Martin Sorrell what he thinks - never me, funnily enough. And, fair play, the Sage of...

Movers: Appointment at More Th>n.(appointment of Mike Holliday-Williams)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Mike Holliday-Williams - The Royal & Sun Alliance-owned direct financial services brand More Th>n has hired the former OneTel marketer Mike Holliday-Williams as its marketing director. Holliday- Williams will replace Mike Tildesley, who left...

Movers: Appointment at WCRS.(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... The WCRS creative directors, Yan Elliot and Luke Williamson, have made their first signings since taking over the running of the agency's creative department last year. They have hired the creative team Oly Beale and Tori Flower. Beale and...

Movers: Appointment at Publicis Dialog.(Paul Livingstone appointed)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Publicis Dialog has bolstered its strategic credentials with the appointment of Paul Livingstone (pictured) as its planning director. Livingstone joins from OgilvyOne Worldwide, where he held an equivalent role across clients including...

Movers: Appointment at 141 Red.(Alan Stickland appointed)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... 141 Red, the retail division of the WPP-owned direct marketing network 141 Worldwide, has appointed Alan Stickland as its project and client services director. Stickland will manage a range of relationship, merchandising, product...

Movers: Appointment at Meteorite.(Emma Jansen-Smith appointed)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... The direct marketing agency Meteorite has hired the former Tequila\London account director Emma Jansen-Smith (pictured) as a client partner. In her new role, Jansen-Smith's client responsibilities will include English Heritage, Bombay...

Movers: Appointment at the Post Office.(Alan Cook appointed)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Alan Cook, the chief executive of National Savings & Investments, is moving to the Post Office to take the newly created role of managing director. In his new role, he will be charged with developing the products and services the Post...

Movers: Appointment at Avian.(Paul Sykes appointed)(Brief Article)
January 13, 2006... Paul Sykes, the former new-business director at the DM agency Chemistry Communications, has joined the Scotland-based through-the-line agency Avian as its business development director. At Avian, Sykes will be responsible for growing the...