GE Names Wieden + Kennedy Veteran as Its First Chief Creative Officer

Andy Goldberg led advertising efforts since 2010

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Today, General Electric became the latest company outside the ad agency world to name a chief creative officer, promoting top marketer Andy Goldberg to the position.

Goldberg will report directly to CMO Linda Boff, who was promoted in September and spoke to Adweek in October about storytelling in the digital age. Goldberg's responsibilities will include managing creative and media work, promoting the GE Store, leading the company's partnership/experiential unit, Creative Lab, and reasserting its position as "the definitive digital industrial company."

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