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Appointment Fills a 5-Year Vacancy Created by Spivak
NEW YORK–After years of cajoling, Jim Ferguson, chief creative officer at DDB Needham in Dallas, is coming to New York. Ferguson, 44, has accepted the post of president, chief creative officer at Young & Rubicam here. He gave notice last week and expects to start in mid-May.
“Life is an adventure. I might as well live another adventure,” Ferguson said. “Hopefully this is my last job. Ten, 12 good years–I would really enjoy that.”
Selected by worldwide creative director Ted Bell–a friend and former colleague–and New York chief executive Peter Stringham, Ferguson fills a five-year void.
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