Fallon Axes North American ECD

CHICAGO Publicis Groupe’s Fallon said it has fired North American executive creative director Paul Silburn and begun a search for his successor.

“Paul is a brilliant creative, international talent, and a great guy, but I am not satisfied with our progress. I needed to make a change and that change called for decisiveness,” said agency chairman Pat Fallon, in a statement.

In November 2004, the Minneapolis-based agency tapped Silburn, 45, who had been deputy creative director at TBWA in London, to succeed David Lubars in Fallon’s top North American creative post.

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