Topic: Gerry Graf
Specs Age 51 New gig Co-founder, cd, barrettSF Old gig Partner, ecd, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners What advice did Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein have about launching your own shop? What about Pat Fallon? Jeff…
Two numbers spurred Jamie Barrett, a former partner and executive creative director at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, to open his own agency in San Francisco: 10 and 50. “[Last year] I…
They came today to bury advertising but in the end, concluded that it’s actually alive and well. JWT’s memorial service for the business—an atypical event on opening day of Advertising Week—had…
It will either be a blast or a brilliant mistake, to quote Elvis Costello. But JWT, with its mock memorial service for advertising on Monday, will at least smash the…
At 17, Anne Chiu stood in the middle of her family’s tchotchke-filled Brooklyn, N.Y., living room to pitch her father. Since visiting the small ad agency where her uncle worked…
Landing a big fish is exciting. So is getting a pizza for $5. So are dachshunds. So is landing a big fish. So is getting a pizza for $5 … This…
A small group of creatives who have left their top posts at big agencies to pursue other ventures kicked off the second day of Creative Week panels at Dumbo's Galapagos…
Bartle Bogle Hegarty has installed Richard Stainer as the new managing director at it’s New York office, the agency announced Monday, moving quickly to fill a key post left vacant…
It has been years since Gerry Graf worked at TBWA\Chiat\Day, but that doesn’t mean he can’t goof on an old boss there. Yes, the inspiration for "Mr. Carroll," the cane-waving codger…
Settle in for what may be the least shocking awards season yet. Wieden + Kennedy, Portland, Ore., breezed in to collect the $50,000 grand prize for its Old Spice “Response” campaign…
