Y&R Detroit President Departs for Wunderman

After nine months as president of Young & Rubicam Detroit, Laurie Null is heading west to take the top job at the Irvine, Calif., office of Y&R’s promotional unit Wunderman.

Null said her replacement will be named in about two weeks.

Null is the third president of the Detroit office in five years. In May, the agency laid off several high-ranking executives, including its COO, while simultaneously making hires in an effort to achieve a “better mix” of employees for clients, Null said at the time.

Null, formerly managing director of Y&R’s Impiric (now Wunderman) division in Detroit, replaced Michael Webster in October.