View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | People AKQA Co-Founder, CCO James Hilton Leaves to Open London Design Firm By Erik Oster on Nov. 13, 2014 - 10:56 AM AKQA Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer James Hilton is leaving the agency to open his own London design firm, AdAge reports. He will be succeeded by Rei Inamoto, who was already AKQA’s lead creative for the U.S. and Asia ...
View Post Ad Biz Thursday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 17, 2013 - 4:21 PM -Project: Worldwide experiential agency George P. Johnson has appointed Chris Meyer as CEO and promoted Denise Wong, currently EVP/growth and business development, to president. Both are expected to assume their posts on Monday, O ...
Agencies | What The?? AKQA Founder Issues a Rallying Cry…We Think By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 18, 2012 - 10:38 AM It seems that AKQA founder/chairman Ajaz Ahmed has been quite vocal since his digital agency was acquired by WPP a month ago. Here’s what appears to be his latest memo to staffers, which for some reason makes us want to revi ...
Agencies | We Hear? AKQA On a Promotion Spree? By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 28, 2012 - 2:41 PM Over the last hour, a couple of tipsters have sent us what appears to be a brief memo sent from AKQA founder Ajaz Ahmed to staff regarding a slew of new promotions across the board from San Francisco to Amsterdam. We’re chec ...
Ad Biz Tuesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 26, 2012 - 4:32 PM -RPA promoted a handful of staffers in its creative department including Tom Hamling to VP/CD. link -More reports are emerging that A-B InBev’s takeover of Grupo Modelo is imminent. link -Since we’re fans, we couldn ...
Ad Biz | Agencies WPP Set to Acquire AKQA By Kiran Aditham on Jun. 20, 2012 - 8:30 AM Despite his shareholder woes, we guess you can chalk up another win for Sir Martin Sorrell as his holding company WPP has agreed to acquire AKQA. The digital network will still operate as a standalone unit within the fold a ...