View Post Ad Biz | Agencies | Brands | Campaigns | Digital BBH London Launches ‘The Welcome of Home’ for British Airways By Erik Oster on Nov. 12, 2014 - 3:45 PM BBH London has crafted an ambitious online spot for British Airways entitled “The Welcome of Home.” The four minute long ad tells the story of a Canadian woman named Chitra visiting her grandmother in India, and bringi ...
Agencies | People DDB Chicago Lands New CCO By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 27, 2014 - 1:25 PM DDB Chicago has appointed a new chief creative officer in John Maxham, who rejoins the agency after spending the last four years as executive creative director/partner at Seattle-based Cole & Weber United. Maxham, who original ...
View Post Agencies | People Ewan Paterson, DDB Chicago Part Ways By Kiran Aditham on Aug. 13, 2013 - 12:45 PM Well, this agency’s certainly keeping us busy today. We’ve received confirmation that Ewan Paterson, who’s spent over three years as chief creative officer at DDB Chicago, is leaving the agency. Paterson joined D ...
Brands | Campaigns Poor Aaron Rodgers Still Gets No Respect from State Farm By Kiran Aditham on Oct. 9, 2012 - 11:09 AM Considering the Bears and Packers are perennial division rivals, it’s no wonder why DDB Chicago continues giving the latter team’s star QB Aaron Rodgers grief in its ongoing campaign for State Farm. In this latest spot ...
Agencies | People Gotham’s McGuinness Splits for CEO Post at DDB Chicago By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 26, 2011 - 9:15 AM Twenty-year IPG vet Peter McGuinness is splitting for rival holding company Omnicom and joining DDB Chicago as president/CEO. McGuinness, who has spent the last three years in the same post at NYC-based Gotham, replaces Rick Carpe ...
Agencies | People Collier, Robinson Finally Land at DDB Chicago By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 18, 2011 - 12:54 PM Nearly two months after we first reported that Ewan Paterson’s old chums from London’s CHI & Partners–Matt Collier and Wayne Robinson–would be reuniting with him at DDB Chicago this summer, the latter a ...
Agencies | People CHI Creative Team Soon Headed to DDB Chicago By Kiran Aditham on May. 31, 2011 - 12:44 PM Now that he’s been CCO of DDB Chicago for well over a year now, it looks like Ewan Paterson is feeling comfy enough to entice a couple of old mates from his former stomping grounds, CHI London, to join him in the Windy City. ...
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 ...
Agencies | People Rick Carpenter Resigns from DDB Chicago By Kiran Aditham on Dec. 9, 2010 - 1:20 PM We just received a call from the folks at DDB who have let us know that Rick Carpenter, who has served as president/CEO at DDB Chicago for just about three years, is resigning. Not much of a reason given, but we’ve been told ...