Noble Crosses Country to Be Top CD at BBDO South

Jim Noble has moved to BBDO South as executive creative director.

He replaces Art Mellor, former executive creative director and vice president who retired from the Atlanta agency last year.

“It says a lot about BBDO South that we can recruit from San Francisco,” said Chris Hall, agency president and chief executive officer. “We’re starting to change the perception that Atlanta is a dull creative town.”

A 15-year ad veteran, Noble, who accompanied his father, DDB copywriter John, on Volkswagen shoots in the 1960s and ’70s, began his career at Chiat/Day in San Francisco before joining BBDO in Vancouver, Canada.

Noble, 41, leaves GMO/Hill, Holliday in San Francisco, where he supervised 10 creative teams for clients including Kia Motors America in Irvine, Calif.