Creative Chief Mark D'Arcy Departs From Facebook

Facebook has lost another senior executive this year with the sudden departure of Mark D’Arcy, its vp of global business marketing and chief creative officer, just months after the departure of his fellow lead within the division, Carolyn Everson. D’Arcy, who joined the social media giant as director of global creative solutions in the summer of 2011 from Time Warner’s Global Media Group where he was president and chief creative officer, has left three years after being handed an expanded role as vice president of global business marketing. The New York-based New Zealander had led Facebook’s in-house creative strategy team, Creative Shop, for seven years before being asked to take over from Sarah Personette, working alongside Everson in co-leading the global business team, while retaining some creative oversight too. Earlier this year, Facebook hired Nicky Bell as vice president of Facebook Creative Shop, joining from R/GA as D’Arcy’s permanent successor in his previous role. A Facebook spokesperson confirmed D’Arcy’s departure to Adweek, commenting, “Mark has been a key leader at Facebook for over a decade. We are grateful for his many contributions, and we wish him the best.” D'Arcy's last day at Facebook will be Sept. 7. Michelle Klein will take on his role of leading the global business marketing team in an interim capacity, according to Facebook. “After more than a decade at Facebook, I’ve decided the time has come for me to leave the company," D'Arcy wrote on a Facebook post. "It’s hard to easily sum up the last 10 years other than to say I am immensely proud of the teams I’ve been fortunate to be part of and the business we worked to build. I am also very grateful that my various roles here enabled me to work with, and learn from, so many curious, demanding, brilliant and generous people. Not just within Facebook but also at so many companies, not-for-profits and organisations in almost every corner of the world. If you are one of these people, thank you for being such an important part of this adventure.” Another exit from Facebook He is the latest senior executive to depart following Everson who left after a decade in June. Her position is being filled for the interim by Nicola Mendelsohn, head of Europe, Middle East and Africa region for the company’s global business group. Elsewhere, its chief revenue officer David Fischer left in March after 11 years. He was succeeded with an internal promotion going to former vp of global partnerships, business and corporate development Marne Levine. FTC Takes Aim at Facebook Again, Files Amended Antitrust Complaint Writing in a blog for Facebook in June, where he outlined three key trends he saw on creative businesses for the future following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, D'Arcy said: “We are now in a period of transformation that I call the "big leap," which is being driven by three key shifts that catalyzed over the last year. All of these trends are helping to empower people and put them in control—and all will shape the future.” D’Arcy is a regular speaker at industry events including Cannes Lions where he served as the President of the 2018 Cannes Lions Social and Influencer jury. Alongside wife Deborah, he is also the co-founder of The Creative Legion, a membership club for the creative community in the Hudson Valley which began in 2019.

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Another Facebook Exec Departs as Creative Chief, Global Business Marketing VP Mark D'Arcy Exits

He joined in 2011 from Time Warner to lead the Creative Shop

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