Weiss Stagliano Retools to Manage Growth, Future

Seeking to better manage growth after years of seesaw billings, Weiss Stagliano Partners has expanded its management ranks and formed an alliance with a second European agency.
The New York shop has added Andy Smith as operations director, Paul Cowan as managing director and Lindsey Evans as business development director–all new positions. Each also received a small, undisclosed equity stake.
At the same time, the agency is working on a project basis with Dublin, Ireland, shop O’Malley and Hogan, in addition to longtime partner Australie in Paris.
“We want to have a solution that gets us big and able to serve big clients without actually having to sell” the agency, said shop president Adam Stagliano, 44, who partners with creative director Marty Weiss, 46.
Now in its 11th year, Weiss Stagliano claims billings of $120 million–up from $90 million six months ago and down from $140 million in 1997.