R/GA's ECD On Nike Lands At AKQA

Just three weeks after hiring a creative who worked on Nike at an award-winning shop in Denmark, AKQA has recruited the executive creative director on the Nike account at R/GA, another high-profile hire.

Rei Inamoto begins today at AKQA as global creative director, a new post overseeing global brands such as Nike and Xbox, following a five-year stint at Interpublic Group’s R/GA in New York.

The 30-year-old native of Japan, a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, said he was attracted by AKQA’s “global footprint.”