D'Arcy Execs Jump to DDB N.Y.

NEW YORK–Two former executives from Publicis Groupe’s D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, John Russo and Bob Nelson, are joining DDB in New York on Jan. 13, a representative for the agency confirmed.

Russo joins DDB N.Y. as co-executive creative director, partnering with John Staffen to run the Omnicom agency’s creative department. In the past, Russo has worked on clients such as Audi, Bahamas Tourism, Philips Electronics and Subaru and contributed to campaigns from agencies Levine Huntley Schmidt & Beaver, Plapler, Russo and Associates and McKinney & Silver.