The winners of 2018 Jay Chiat Awards for Strategic Excellence were announced at the 4A’s StratFest conference in New York City. The Grand Prix, which is selected from the Gold award winners, was awarded to McCann Worldgroup India for its “5 Words That Make Toilets India’s New Status Symbol.” The agency won a total of five awards at this year’s presentation, including the Agency of the Year, a new award in 2018.
“We Are Next,” an open resource for the next generation of advertising, recently featured VML intern, Deidry Gomez. Deidry, a member of the MAIP 2018 class, was interviewed as part of the Intern Fieldnotes series, which highlights summer interns at agencies all over the country.
VML announced Lauren Lafranz has been hired as managing director, global creative operations. She will report to Debbi Vandeven, global chief creative officer. In this newly created role, Lafranz will be responsible for implementing Vandeven’s vision, helping manage VML’s award-winning creative offices worldwide, formalizing the global creative network and being a resource consultant to activate […]
Rockfish will join VML – combining the strengths of highly recognized lead agency VML with the extensive history of innovation and ecommerce at Rockfish.
God-is Rivera has been promoted to director of inclusion and cultural resonance, a newly created position at VML.
VML will lead the strategic consumer journey toward sales and commerce through integrated channel strategies including marketing, paid media, search, analytics and consumer sales optimization.
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Six individuals have been promoted to senior-level management positions, reflecting the continuous capability evolution and momentum of VML’s growth.
VML’s Global CEO said recently that the presentation he most looked forward to hearing was an ode to Black Twitter by God-is Rivera, assistant director of social media: “Woke, Lit, & Ready”.
VML has announced two high-level promotions and a new hire in its channel activation department. The channel activation department is home to VML services including social media, paid media, CRM, paid and organic search, commerce, mobility, and public relations.
VML is continuing to strengthen its award-winning creative department, including integrated production offerings, with two recent promotions and two new hires. VML’s integrated production department specializes in film and video production for broadcast, interactive, social and mobile as well as the creation of multi-platform content.
The 4A’s closed the first day of its flagship conference, Transformation, by unveiling the winners of the second annual 4A’s Partner Awards, which recognize creative excellence that can only be achieved through meaningful collaboration.