Hasta La Creative!

Joy Schwartz, North American president of performance marketing at Havas, is leaving the agency network to open the new Chicago outpost of independent shop Barrie, D’Rozario DiLorenzo. Havas will search for a successor in the performance marketing role, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ms. Schwartz, who will join BDD in September, declined to comment and referred calls to Havas. A Havas spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment.

Ms. Schwartz’s arrival at the Minneapolis-based agency comes as it seeks to expand its network, and not only in Chicago. It opened an office in San Francisco earlier this month and plans to open an office in New York by year’s end.

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