Oct 31

Media Kitchen Parts Ways with Pinkerton

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pinkertonsmallDetails are somewhat vague at this point, but sources familiar with the matter confirm that Charles Pinkerton, who’s been with kbs+ and its media arm, Media Kitchen, for nearly a dozen years, is no longer with the agency. During his lengthy stay within the kbs+ fold, Pinkerton moved up from director of interactive media and marketing to partner/director of client services at Media Kitchen in 2006 to his most recent role as partner/director of communication insights at MK.

No word yet on if there are plans to replace Pinkerton, but during his career, the 25-year ad vet also worked as a planner at Campbell Mithun early on before serving in senior exec roles at the likes of Horizon, Ammirati Puris Lintas and The Martin Agency.

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Oct 28

72andSunny/Mother Alum Fitzmaurice Heads to kbs+

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Kerry Fitzmaurice

 

After spending the last year as head of new business/comms at Mother New York, Kerry Fitzmaurice is joining up with MDC-owned kbs+ in the newly created position of chief marketing officer. It should be familiar territory for Fitzmaurice as she spent nearly three years at fellow MDC-owned agency 72andSunny, last serving as director of earned media prior to joining Mother. Regarding Fitzmaurice, who will officially assume the role of CMO on Dec. 2, kbs+ chairman/CEO Lori Senecal says, “We’ve hired Kerry to focus on positioning and marketing our brand as kbs+ continues to expand globally into markets in Europe and Asia and add additional inventive capabilities to our offering. Kerry’s drive and entrepreneurial spirit make her a great addition to our team as we continue to reinvent the modern agency network.”

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Jul 22

Remember the Simmons Account that M|W Resigned? It’s Now at KBS+

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Just over five months after Minneapolis-based, Omnicom-owned “brand activism” agency Martin|Williams cut ties with bedding brand Simmons, the latter has found a new ad partner in Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal + Partners.  Regarding the AOR appointment of the MDC-owned, NYC-based agency, Simmons EVP of marketing Jeff Willard says, “As we continue the transformation of our Beautyrest brand, it is critical to us that we bring the best creative and strategic resources in the world to support this effort. After an extensive search, we believe we have found that with kbs+. Their creativity and understanding of our brand stood out, and we were impressed by their track record for demonstrating the measurable impact of their work. We look forward to working together to create communication that is as compelling and inventive as the beds we make.”

 Let’s just hope that Simmons has figured out how to solve the problem of the “revolving door” of marketing decision-makers at its company that caused Martin|Williams to bounce in the first place. Anyhow, KBS+, which beat out the likes of Martin Agency and McKinney in the pitch, will handle creative, digital, social and public relations responsibilities for Simmons.

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May 22

Craven Has Also Resigned from KBS+

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Well, we tried to put two and two together when we reported last week about DJ Pierce resigning from his position as executive creative director on the BMW account at KBS+. But alas, we unfortunately failed to mention what the status was with his partner-in-crime and fellow ECD on BMW, Michael Craven, who joined up with Pierce 15 months ago to work on the account. We’ve now received confirmation that Pierce and Craven actually resigned together, though no word yet on what either person’s next move is yet (we’re checking). Prior to KBS+, Craven served as a VP/creative director at CP+B and has also published a couple of novels along the way.

As has been reported, the pair was essentially replaced at KBS+ by Paul Renner, who has taken over as ECD on said automaker’s account.

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May 13

Pierce Parts Ways with KBS+

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After seeing the reports ast week that Paul Renner was assuming the position of executive creative director on BMW at KBS+, one had to wonder what the status was with DJ Pierce, who rejoined said agency two years ago to take on the same role. Well, it does appear that Renner has succeeded Pierce more or less as sources familiar with the matter have confirmed that the latter has indeed turned in his resignation. From what sources in the know tell us, Pierce will part ways with KBS+ on June 1 and spies add that he’ll then turn his attention to his own projects, whatever they may be.

Pierce rejoined KBS+ after spending four years at CP+B, where he eventually moved up to creative director and was involved on projects including Best Buy’s Titanium Grand Prix-winning”Twelpforce” as well as with other accounts including AmEx small business along the way.

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Feb 28

KBS+ Employees Make a Social Plea for Google Glass

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In case you haven’t heard, smartphones are now officially ‘emasculating’ according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin. In other words, you need to get your Google Glass right away, as your masculinity is at risk of being publicly revoked.

To spur interest in Google Glass, Google has started a Twitter contest using the hashtag #IfIHadGlass, where tweeters have to opportunity to receive Google’s sexy new product should their reasons for obtaining it please the tech giant. KBS+ is using this as a platform to showcase their digital thinking, with more than 70 of their employees making short videos explaining what they would do with Glass.

Videos will be posted throughout the day on KBS+ social media channels, with the whole gallery available at the agency’s Tumblr. Sure, it seems like an awful lot of work, but if they actually score Google Glass early, it will be hard to say it wasn’t all worth it.

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