W+K New York has just hired David Kolbusz as executive creative director, AdAge reports. Kolbusz joins W+K from BBH London, where he served as deputy executive creative director starting in December of 2012. He joined BBH London as a creative director/partner back in November, 2010.
While at BBH, Kolbusz helped lead such noteworthy campaigns as the “Apollo” campaign and recent “Peace” Super Bowl spot for Axe, as well as The Guardian’s “Three Little Pigs,” Adweek’s top commercial of 2012. Prior to BBH, Kolbusz served a three year stint as gr0up creative director at Goody, Silverstein & Partners after breaking into the industry as creative at TBWA/Toronto and Mother Limited.
Kolbusz fills a position at W+K New York that has been vacant since the departure of executive creative directors Scott Vitrone and Ian Reichenthal last November, and will ease into his new role this summer.
“David is one of the most exciting creative leaders working today,” Wieden & Kennedy co-global executive creative director Mark Fitzloff said in a statement. “He’s also a smart, funny, quirky guy who seems tailor-made for the culture of Wieden+Kennedy.”