Seiler Quits Wieden+Kennedy

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NEW YORK — Matt Seiler, citing philosophical differences, has resigned as managing director of Wieden+Kennedy. He joined the New York agency in May 2000 from BBDO New York.

Replacing Seiler in mid-July is Buz Sawyer, former president of Lowe Lintas & Partners’s San Francisco shop, which closed last month.

Until then, Dave Luhr, Wieden+Kennedy’s chief operating officer, will act as managing director.

In New York, Sawyer, 47, will guide Ty Montague and Amy Nicholson, creative directors.

In 1992, Sawyer was among six employees who established Wieden+Kennedy in Amsterdam, the agency’s first non-U.S.







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