View Post Ad Biz Tuesday Odds and Ends By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 22, 2013 - 4:29 PM -JWT North America president/chief integration officer Mike Geiger, DDB Worldwide CCO Amir Kassaei and Havas CCO Jason Peterson have joined the Executive Jury of the 2013 New York Festivals International Advertising Awards. link - ...
Brands | Campaigns Jared Hess Brings More Dry Humor to Hefty By Ella Riley-Adams on Jul. 26, 2012 - 10:51 AM Maybe I’m jaded because it’s both raining and hot in New York this morning, but Hefty’s Foam Plates commercial didn’t inspire me to even think of giggling. Okay fine, maybe I smiled when Gary the Knight laughs like a mania ...
Brands | Campaigns Peterson & Co. at Euro Unveil First Work for Cracker Barrel By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 22, 2011 - 10:33 AM Four months after officially being named AOR for highway exit fave Cracker Barrel, Euro RSCG Chicago has rolled out its first work for the restaurant chain and dare we say, it’s nothing you’d expect from a brand that t ...
Agencies | People Shirley Promoted to GCD at Euro RSCG Chicago By Kiran Aditham on Jul. 27, 2011 - 11:29 AM This one slipped by us, but Euro RSCG Chicago has bumped up Michael Shirley from CD to group creative director, digital, which, as the title suggests, calls for him to oversee all aspects of the agency’s digital work. Shirle ...
Campaigns | People State Farm Supplies LeBron with World’s Smallest Violin By Bob Marshall on Feb. 28, 2011 - 3:09 PM How did Miami Heat forward LeBron James and his buddy smash an SUV into a mail box and sever the head of a marble lion statue in the middle of the day? We may never know, but thankfully his State Farm agent arrived to the scene we ...
Agencies | People Olson ECD Fugleberg Named Chief Brand Officer By Kiran Aditham on Feb. 16, 2011 - 8:38 AM A promotion, a lateral move, something else? However you want to slice it, Olson has appointed executive creative director Tom Fugleberg to the newly created position of chief brand officer. Fugleberg, who has been with Olson sinc ...
People Steffan Postaer Out at Euro RSCG By Kiran Aditham on Jan. 14, 2011 - 2:47 PM Our tipsters were spot-on yet again. Since the holidays, we’ve been hearing that Steffan Postaer, who was “promoted” to chairman at Euro RSCG Chicago once Jason Peterson was hired as CCO, is leaving the agency. A ...
Agencies | People Peterson Named CCO at Euro Chicago By Kiran Aditham on Nov. 22, 2010 - 12:22 PM Just days after Al Kelly became CCO of Euro RSCG New York (yeah, I know we had issues with that one…our apologies), the Havas-owned network’s Chicago office announced that Jason Peterson (right) is now chief creative ...