This Week in Agencies: Jan. 10, 2020
Doug Zanger
Uncle Advertising | Indie Agency News | Consulting agencies, brands and talent to build more confidence | Minnesota Born, South Jersey Raised, Proud Northwesterner | Quiet Hell-Raiser | INFP-A
There will be no pithy intro this week, simply a look at what we covered in the agency and creative worlds at Adweek and on AgencySpy.
Moves
Denise Wong left Midnight Oil to become CEO at Omnicom's One & All.
72andSunny lost another senior leader as Nic Owen officially stepped down in Amsterdam.
Gerard Caputo jumped from BBH New York to Wieden + Kennedy New York.
Zillow tapped Fig as creative lead on its $120 million account.
Re/Max moved its media account to Tombras.
The Community hired a new CCO.
Stagwell Group builds out its marketing team with three exec hires.
Fitzco is now an indie.
S4 keeps chugging along.
Periscope lays off 3%.
Work, Insight + Fun
David Miami can empathize with people in the Bronx.
Giant Spoon and HBO strike again.
Jeff Goodby: liar. Not really.
What does an agency happiness officer do?
Are we in the new golden age for indies?
Droga5 baffles in new work for Equinox.
Mekanism debuts first work for OkCupid.
RPA breaks the fourth wall for Farmers.
Laughlin Constable gets serious about jewelry ... insurance.
Cummins&Partners seeks to raise money to benefit wildlife in Australia.
Joan goes full-on "movement."
As always, we'd love to hear from you. I can be reached at [email protected]. If you would like to get in contact with us about something of a more sensitive nature, please feel free to use our encrypted email at [email protected].