3 Advance at DDB in Chicago

CHICAGO Omnicom Group’s DDB here has named three managing directors to assist in running the agency. Among them is a managing director of creative, who will assume the duties of the vacant chief creative officer position.

Group creative director Paul Tilley has been named managing director of creative, overseeing the agency’s creative and production staff. Tilley, 39, has previously led creative on the agency’s McDonald’s account, as well as assisting on new business.

James Lou, 37, who joined the agency as director of account planning last year, will become managing director of strategy, overseeing the shop’s planning department.