Wednesday Odds and Ends

By Kiran Aditham 

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-Simone Oppenheimer has moved from Y&R to sister WPP agency Ogilvy to assume the role of director of business development for North America. She replaces Daniel Korn, who joined up with mcgarrybowen.

-Bi-coastal production company Tool has restructured its creative leadership a tad, promoting four to creative directors including ACD/digital art director Michael Sevilla, creative technologist Bartek Drozdz, ACD/digital art director Matt Gase, and senior interactive developer Patrick Gunderson. The new CDs will now work in pairs. with Sevilla and Drozdz comprising one and Gase and Gunderson the other (pictured l-r above: Drozd, Sevilla, Gase, Gunderson). link

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-New York-based production company IDENTITY has signed Tony Barry to its directorial roster.

-L.A.-based entertainment-focused agency mOcean has welcomed Brumby Boylston as GCD, entertainment marketing and David Kleinman as managing director of entertainment marketing.

-In other 2013 Gunn Report results, Leo Burnett Worldwide topped the “All Gunns Blazing” category while McCann was recognized as Most Awarded Individual Agency and won Top Digital Campaign for, you guessed it, “Dumb Ways to Die.”

-360i U.S. CEO Sarah Hofstetter has been promoted to global CEO at the Dentsu-owned agency. She succeeds Bryan Weiner, who retains the title of 360i chairman. link

-WPP/GroupM agency MEC has released its fourth annual Review Preview, which recaps significant takeaways from 2013 and focuses on trends for this year. link

 

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