Sources familiar with the matter confirm that Anthony Nelson is joining up with BBDO New York in its content production department next week. Nelson has spent the last 18 months or so at Draftfcb NY, not only serving as EVP/director of integrated production but also helping lead day-to-day in the agency’s creative department ever since the departure of chief creative officer Darren Moran at the end of last year. According to one site, Draftfcb is finally getting down to finding a proper New York CCO, so perhaps Nelson’s split for BBDO makes sense (his last day at DFCB, FYI, is tomorrow).
Anyhow, the departing exec joined Draftfcb NY from CP+B, where he spent five years in the latter’s Boulder HQ working as executive integrated producer for clients ranging from Burger King to Bing to Best Buy.