Independent, Seattle-based agency DNA hired 20-year industry veteran Christine Wise as chief strategy officer.
In the position, Wise will become part of DNA’s senior management and executive leadership team, while overseeing the agency’s brand strategy, communications strategy and data strategy practices.
“Christine is a proven entrepreneur and marketing innovator that brings DNA new ways to evolve our structure and offering to better deliver creative building business solutions to our clients,” DNA president and chief growth officer Chris Witherspoon, who was promoted to that role last December, said in a statement. “I’ve worked with Christine and know that she will have a valuable and lasting imprint on our agency.”
Wise arrives at the agency following nearly 10 years with the recently closed Wexley School for Girls, most recently as partner, director of planning and strategy. During her tenure at Wexley School for Girls she worked with such clients as Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Blizzard Games, Seattle Seahawks, Coinstar, Naked Juice, Oberto, Seattle’s Best Coffee, Seattle Sounders, Sparking Ice and Value Village. Before joining Wexley, she spent two years with Publicis West as principal, senior account planner and a member of the senior new business team that helped bring in Safeco Insurance, Seattle Seahawks and Emerald Downs.
“DNA has a heritage of doing great brand work that gets to the heart of what a brand is about, but as they look toward the future they understand the need to evolve the way brand stories are told,” Wise said in a statement. “That’s the opportunity for me to have a real impact on bringing new thinking and structure—to move from counting clicks to counting heartbeats.”
“Christine has been a pioneer in bringing new thinking and tools to the marketing landscape,” added DNA founder and CEO Alan Brown. “I have been a huge fan of her work for many years. And as we look to continue to grow, Christine will have a tremendous impact on making our work even better. With Christine and Chris now in place as agency leaders, DNA is on a fast track to deliver transformational change to our clients and our industry.”