Brand MarketingLuker, a Key Player on H-P, Leaves GoodbyBy Eleftheria Parpis|September 10, 2003ShareBy Eleftheria Parpis|September 10, 2003ShareSAN FRANCISCO Award-winning art director Steve Luker left Omnicom Group’s Goodby, Silverstein & Partners last week, the agency has confirmed.Sources said Luker parted with the agency abruptly, but at press time the reasons for the split were unclear.Luker returned to the San Francisco-based Goodby agency last year from crosstown shop Publicis & Hal Riney. At Goodby, he oversaw creative on the $380 million Hewlett-Packard business with agency partner and creative director Steve Simpson.“And now Steve is off to reinvent somebody else’s brand and to do work that only he can do. All we can do is thank him for the talent he loaned us, and be glad for the work that came out of it,” Simpson said in a statement on Wednesday.Luker could not be reached for comment.Prior to his second stint at Goodby, Luker spent nearly two years as creative director on HP’s personal computer business at Publicis Groupe’s Publicis & Hal Riney. Adweek Adweek