New York-based social-marketing agency Mr. Youth has appointed a Fearless Leader for its newly created Chicago office. Ethelbert Williams will head up the company’s Midwest expansion and will serve as Mr. Youth’s Vice President of Brand Development.
Williams previously acted as the Global Head of Marketing head of a program called point and find (“basically nokia custom qr codes” as we’ve been told) for Nokia, and prior to that was the Integrated Marketing Director at Starcom Mediavest.
In a statement, Williams said, “I’m excited to be joining such a dynamic and award-winning team like Mr Youth. They are truly a new breed of agency that is leading changes in the future of marketing communications, especially social interactive and word of mouth programs. I’m looking forward to collaborating with everyone on board.”
In other news, Ethelbert Williams has the most-perfect name possible, should he ever decide to open up his own agency.