i.d.e.a. Signs Canadian Vet to Lead Creative

Today San Diego’s i.d.e.a. — one of the fully-integrated agencies you’ll be seeing more and more of in coming years — announced plans to shore up its ad creative team by hiring Daniel Andreani as SVP/ECD.

While Andreani has an extensive history in the agency world, he spent much of his previous 20 years in the ad/design world working for Canadian shops.

Before joining his most recent employer MDC in New Mexico, Andreani spent two years as SVP/CD at BBDO’s Montreal office, producing work for clients like Campbell’s, Pepsi and Chrysler. Prior to that job, he spent nearly seven years as a partner/CD and art director at Sid Lee; previous employers include TAXI Toronto.

The press release notes that the hire follows i.d.e.a.’s acquisition of 4120, a production studio responsible for campaigns by IKEA, BMW and The San Diego Chargers (among others).

Campaigns to come.

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i.d.e.a. Appoints Two New VPs

IDEAlogoSan Diego’s i.d.e.a. has a couple of announcements to (almost) coincide with its second anniversary last month: in addition to three-digit growth numbers, the agency announced two new VP-level hires.

New media VP Michaela Krams joins i.d.e.a. after spending the last 11 years as VP and brand group director at Horizon Media, where she led the Jack in the Box account. Before that she worked on retail, travel and entertainment accounts at both Carat and ICG.

VP of reputation Julie Messing-Paea brings a particularly colorful history to her new role: in addition to time spent as head of PR at event-planning agency Advanstar Communications, working on the CBS marketing team, and contracting for clients like FOX, E!, Equinox and Radio Disney, she was also director of PR and marketing at Flynt Management Group; the press release describes her role as that of “personal publicist”, press manager and speechwriter to one Larry C. Flynt.

Yes, that guy.

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