Saatchi Hires Arnold as Group CD

Ron Arnold, a freelance art director who has worked at agencies as diverse as J. Walter Thompson, Chiat/Day and Ally & Gargano, has joined Saatchi & Saatchi as svp, group creative director.

His account responsibilities include Kodak, Beck’s, General Mills cereals and Procter & Gam ble’s Eukanuba dog food. He’s partnering with group cd Mark Cacciatore, 42. Arnold becomes the eighth group head at the $1.9 billion agency; all report to chief creative officer Tod Seisser.

Arnold, 49, fills a vacancy left by the departure of Mariano Favetto, 35, who moved to Saatchi in Toronto.

Seisser, who has known Arnold since 1980, when both worked at Della Femina Travisano, more recently used him on a handful of creative assignments, including a pitch for Burger King in 2000 and a campaign for Iams pet food.

“He has a really good range,” said Seisser, noting that Arnold has worked on brands such as Saab, Colgate-Palmolive and...