Facebook adds Gerry Graf to Creative Council

Facebook’s ad team just got a major boost by adding Gerry Graf — the mind behind Red Stripe’s “Hooray Beer,” campaign, as well as the Kayak brain surgeon commercial — to the Creative Council.

The Creative Council is a cabinet of top ad creative executives from the world’s biggest brands who serve as a sounding board for Facebook’s creative efforts. The Creative Council also serves as judges in the company’s Studio Awards.

Facebook announced the news in a Facebook for Business blog post:

Formerly a chief creative officer at Saatchi and Saatchi NY, Graf is now the founder and chief creative officer of Barton F.