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Merkley Newman Harty, fueled by $150 million in recent billings growth, has added more new faces to its creative ranks. The latest arrivals: writer Jeff Bitsack, art director Viv Walsh, and the team of art director Steve Ohman and writer Harold Karp.
Ohman, 53, and Karp, 51, have been freelancing since early 1998. Previously, they had spent 17 years at the shop Lowe & Partners/SMS and its predecessor shops, working on such brands as Mercedes, Citibank, Sony and Prudential, lastly in group creative head posts.
Bitsack, who is 33, comes from design shop Lee Hunt Associates here and has worked at Cliff Freeman and Partners (Little Caesars, Fox Sports) as a vp, senior copywriter, as well as Wieden & Kennedy (ESPN) and the former Chiat/Day (Reebok).
Walsh, 36, hails from Fallon McElligott, where he worked on BMW, Miller Lite, Nikon and Fortune as a senior art director.
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