Longtime ED Departs TBWAMedia Arts Lab

This morning we received confirmation from a spokesperson that Cheryl Childers, longtime Executive Director of Production with TBWA‘s Media Arts Lab, officially left the agency last week.

MAL is, of course, the famously “secretive” shop TBWA set up in 2006 to work exclusively for Apple, and Childers was a member of the core leadership team at the time of its founding. Of the four names listed in that release, two remain with MAL: ECD Eric Grunbaum and CSO Elena Hale (onetime Brand Leader Alex Moulle-Berteaux now serves as CCO at Aereo).

Childers had been with TBWA for some time before the establishment of MAL as well; her LinkedIn profile notes 23 years spent with the organization.

This move is the largest staffing change at MAL since the January appointment of president Erica Hoholick, formerly of Ogilvy London. The agency gave no details regarding the reasons for Childers’ departure or her future plans.

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Hoholick Joins Up with TBWA\Media Arts Lab

ericahoholick1A phone call has confirmed that Erica Hoholick has rejoined her old stomping grounds at TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles, where she spent six years as managing director and oversaw client efforts for the likes of Sara Lee, Gatorade and Pepsi. Hoholick has spent the last three years at Ogilvy London, where she served as worldwide managing director on the agency’s Dove business. From what we’ve been told, Hoholick will take on the role of president of TBWA\Media Arts Lab beginning next week. Spies tell that a new chief strategy officer is on the way as well. During her career, Hoholick has also worked on the account side at various Saatchi & Saatchi offices as well as Y&R

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