View Post Agencies | People Leslie Sims Named CCO of Y&R New York By Patrick Coffee on Jan. 12, 2015 - 1:45 PM Y&R followed up on last week’s changes in its Chicago team by adding a new name to the top of its Manhattan-based creative department: Leslie Sims will be CCO at Y&R New York beginning next month. Sims joins Y&R ...
View Post Agencies | People Chicago CCO, Global Talent Director Leave Y&R By Patrick Coffee on Jan. 6, 2015 - 1:31 PM Today Young & Rubicam confirmed a reshuffling of its Chicago-based creative team: CCO Bill Cimino and Global Director of Creative Talent Michele Daly are no longer with the agency, and Creative Directors Jeremy Smallwood ( ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | TV Y&R Reveals Car Fox Den By Erik Oster on Apr. 8, 2014 - 11:39 AM If you’ve watched Car Fax’s spots featuring their Car Fox mascot and wondered where exactly he lives and how he gets his information (who are you?), Y&R’s new Car Fax spot will leave you one very satisfied, s ...
View Post Agencies | Brands | Campaigns Sears’ Diehard Batteries Will Survive the Zombie Apocalypse By Jordan Teicher on Oct. 14, 2013 - 11:58 AM Including a narrative is usually a good way for a commercial to hook the audience with creativity, but this Y&R Midwest zombie spot for Sears actually overdoes the narrative focus to the point where the brand association is ...
Agencies | People Aha, So Bob Winter is Headed to CP+B By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 17, 2012 - 2:35 PM Well, it didn’t take Bob Winter long to find a new gig, as the former Y&R Chicago CCO, who was replaced this week by Bill Cimino, is headed to sunnier climates and taking the creative lead at CP+B’s Miami office. A ...
Ad Biz Wednesday Morning Stir By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 17, 2012 - 10:00 AM -SMG Dynamic Markets president Iain Jacob and Team Creatif CEO Sylvia Vitale Rotta will head up the Media and Design juries, respectively, for next year’s Dubai Lynx festival, which will take place March 10-13. -Following Ni ...
Brands | Campaigns McDonald’s Employs a Talking Lemon By Bob Marshall on May. 10, 2011 - 12:35 PM What better way to launch your line of premium frozen drinks than with the help of former Sopranos star Steve Schirripa? Yep, that Lemon doubled as fictional TV mobster in a past life, and now its pushing McDonald’s new frui ...
Agencies | People Cimino, Gross Promoted to ECDs at DDB Chi By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 1, 2011 - 1:27 PM DDB Chicago veterans Mark Gross and Bill Cimino have reason to celebrate this week as they’ve been promoted to executive creative directors at the agency. The duo, who will report to CCO Ewan Paterson (pictured middle), have ...
