Ferguson Joins Y&R

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Jim Ferguson, chief creative officer at DDB Needham in Dallas and a former top creative for McDonald’s at Needham and Leo Burnett in Chicago, has accepted the post of president, chief creative officer at Young & Rubicam, New York.
“Life is an adventure. I might as well live another adventure,” Ferguson said. “Hopefully this is my last job. Ten, 12 good years–I would really enjoy that.”
Selected by Y&R worldwide creative director Ted Bell –a friend and former colleague–and New York chief executive Peter Stringham, Ferguson fills a five-year void.

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