NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- John Patroulis, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer
of Grey, today announced the appointment of four new Executive
Creative Directors at Grey New York, the network's flagship office,
with more to be announced in the coming weeks.
"We're excited to welcome such experienced and talented creative
leaders, all masters of their craft, to the Grey New York
office. Their hiring is part of an ongoing infusion of senior
creative talent in line with our commitment to make 75% of the
agency the creative department," John
Patroulis said. "It's as simple as hiring more and
more great creative people with a variety of backgrounds, but it
allows us to evolve our model to offer a much broader and more
diverse set of skills, a deeper creative bench, and the flattest,
simplest access to the best solutions for our clients."
The new talent follows:
- Jeff Anderson has created
award-winning work at both creative and digital agencies for such
brands as HBO, Snickers, Activision, Chevrolet, New Orleans Tourism
and Hewlett Packard. His honors include the Titanium Lion,
Black D&AD Pencil and numerous One Show Gold Pencils.
Creativity named him a "Top Five Art Director" twice and he
became "Young Gun of the Decade" in
2010.
Anderson joins from McCann where he was an Executive Creative
Director. He began his career as an Art Director at TBWA in
New York and has served at Droga5,
Goodby, Silverstein and Chi & Partners.
- Qian Qian is a creative
director and designer with extensive experience in branding, art
direction, digital product design and integrated advertising.
His graphic design has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Qian joins from R/GA New York
where he has served as Executive Creative Director leading Samsung
US. His work has contributed to "Agency of the Year" honors
and Samsung's "Marketer of the Year" award at Cannes. He has
produced award-winning work for Coca-Cola, MasterCard and Domino's
Pizza. Along the way, he has worked at Deutsch, CP&B,
McCann and AKQA and received recognition at Cannes, D&AD, The One Show, Clios and
LIA.
- Tristan Kincaid is an
award-winning writer and creative director. He has developed
everything from integrated advertising campaigns to mobile VR
experiences. His client roster has included Coca-Cola,
23andMe, IBM, Disney, Miller Lite, American Express and
Hershey's. He has won at Cannes, The One Show, D&AD, Clios and
AICP.
Kincaid also joins from R/GA where he served as Executive Creative
Director leading Samsung US. Earlier, he worked at Arnold
Worldwide and spent over a decade at Ogilvy.
- Hannah Fishman brings
over 15 years of creative and leadership experience overseeing
integrated campaigns at both digital and large global
agencies. She was named to Adweek's "Creative 100" in
2016 and awarded "Top Woman in Digital."
Fishman joins from DDB New York where she has served as Executive
Creative Director on Heineken, Lipton, GLAAD, Johnson & Johnson
beauty and Electrolux. Earlier, she worked at Edelman Digital
as Creative Director on such top brands as Samsung, Dove, Axe,
Pfizer and the American Heart Association.
About Grey
Grey is the advertising network of Grey Group, which ranks among
the largest global communications companies. Its parent
company is WPP (NYSE: WPP). Under the banner of "Grey Famously
Effective Since 1917" the agency serves a blue-chip roster of many
of the world's best known companies: Procter & Gamble,
GlaxoSmithKline, Kellogg's, Pfizer, Canon, Marriott Hotels &
Resorts, Nestle, Walgreens, Applebee's, and T.J. Maxx. In
recent years, Grey has been named Adweek's 'Global Agency of
the Year" twice; Advertising Age's 'Agency of the Year'
and Campaign magazine's 'Global Network of the Year' in
recognition of its creative and business performance
(www.grey.com)
Contact: Owen J.
Dougherty
212-546-2551
owen.dougherty@grey.com
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