After spending the last 18 months as co-chief creative officer at JWT New York, Matt MacDonald has moved on as he’s joined up with David Lubars & Co. at BBDO to take on the role of ECD on AT&T. MacDonald joined JWT NY in spring 2012 as co-CCO alongside Ryan Kutscher (whose time at the agency came to an end earlier this year) and during his stay, he led creative on several campaigns for Macy’s including the “Yes, Virginia” holiday work as well as the “Nightlife Exchange” effort for Diageo. MacDonald is slated to officially assume his ECD post at BBDO, which we’ve been told is new as it covers all the creative duties BBDO handles for AT&T, in January.
Along with adding MacDonald to the fold, BBDO is also shaking things up a bit in its Atlanta office as the agency is relocating New York ECD Wil Boudreau to the 404 to serve in the same role. As Atlanta ECD, a position he’ll assume next week, Boudreau, who has been with BBDO for nearly a quarter-century, will oversee the agency’s entire client roster — which includes REI and Florida Dept. of Citrus — save for AT&T (that’ll be MacDonald’s turf shortly, of course). Regarding AT&T, though, Stephen McMennamy and Alex Russell, who specifically work on the account out of Atlanta, are now being promoted to SVPs/SCDs in said office “in recognition of the contributions they have made to that business.”