DigitasLBi San Francisco Appoints New Creative Lead

DigitasLBi San Francisco has named a new creative lead, appointing Carlos Ricque as senior vice president, creative. Ricque will relocate from DigitasLBi’s New York office, where he has served as senior vice president, creative since arriving in June of 2014. He replaces Eric Dean, who recently left the advertising industry to become a ranch owner in Joshua Tree National Park. 

Before joining DigitasLBi, Ricque spent three years at Moxie Interactive, as a group creative director and then executive creative director, followed by a little over a year as a freelance creative director/copywriter. Prior to joining Moxie, he spent four and a half years at Fitzgerald & Company, as vice president, group creative director and then co-CCO. That followed two years as an associate creative director with WestWayne and six years as a vice president, senior copywriter with BBDO. Over the course of his career, Ricque has worked with clients including Coca-Cola, Panama Tourism, Delta Airlines and Verizon. 

“Coming off a Grand Prix at Cannes, Carlos has both the credentials and the passion to lead an office with a history of doing disruptive, award-winning work,” said Morgan Carroll, executive vice president, executive creative director, DigitasLBi Chicago & San Francisco. “He’s not only a genuine talent, he’s also one of the most genuine people I know. He’s the perfect fit for our San Francisco office—creatively and culturally.”

DigitasLBi Celebrates Single Dads for Whirlpool

Digitas LBi offers a touching, believable portrait of a single father and his son in the 60-second spot “Dad & Andy” for Whirpool.

Based on the insight that 2.6 million households in America are headed by a single father, a number that continues to increase from just 300,000 in 1960, according to Pew Research, Digitas LBi wanted to give voice to this often overlooked demographic. “Dad & Andy” doesn’t present its father figure as perfect or superhuman — “Sometimes I forget to cut the crust off the sandwich,” and “Sometimes work comes before games” he admits, later burning a batch of cookies. By showing these imperfections, though, the ad drives home that he’s trying the best he can, writing notes and reminders to his son that may seem to be taken for granted, but aren’t, and throwing a second batch of cookies in the oven. The product integration in the ad is also handled well, subtly suggesting Whirlpool helps dad navigate the sometimes overwhelming task of parenting.

“Rather than focus on features and technology, we are depicting the reality of everyday life,” explained Morgan Carroll, executive creative director, DigitasLBi. “Cooking, cleaning, and washing clothes can often feel like thankless tasks. With ‘Dad & Andy,’ we wanted to show the significance of this everyday care, specifically amongst the growing population of single fathers.”

In addition to “Dad & Andy,” Digitas LBi also created the more product-focused “Finding Time,” which “takes the brand idea of Every day, care, and shows how the challenge of finding time for a working parent is translated into why Whirlpool developed its Frozen Bake technology for the slide-in range.”

Credits:

Chief Creative Officer: Ronald Ng
EVP, Executive Creative Director: Morgan Carroll
SVP, Group Creative Director: Mike Frease
VP, Creative Director: Jeremy Bacharach
Associate Creative Director: Chris Jansma
Senior Copywriter: Robyn Tennenbaum
Executive Producer: Greg Lederer
Senior Producer: Jennifer Passaniti
EVP, Account Management: Chris Reed
VP/Group Account Director: Andrea Kroll
Account Director: Kristine Kobe
Copywriter: Samantha Bordignon
Photographer/Designer: Arnaud Uyttenhove
Production Company: Caviar Content
Director: Arnaud Uyttenhove
Director of Photography: Chayse Irvin
Executive Producer: Kim Dellara
Line Producer: Bernard Rahill
Editing House: Beast
Editor: Angelo Valencia
Producer: Lauren Roth
Music House: Genuine
Composer: John Ferreira
Sound Design: Particle Audio
Sound Designer: Katy Mindeman
Audio Mix: Particle Audio
Mixer: Katy Mindeman

DigitasLBi Welcomes New Creative Lead in Chicago/SF

morgandiglbiRemember the name Kevin Drew Davis? If not, here’s a refresher: KDD was the creative lead at DigitasLBi’s Chicago and San Francisco, but left the agency last summer. Now, said agency has finally found his replacement in 20-year creative vet, Morgan Carroll, who succeeds Davis in the role EVP/executive creative director of both aforementioned offices. Carroll (pictured), who will officially assume his role on April 21 and will report to DigitasLBi Chicago/SF president, Doug Ryan, joins the agency after spending well over a decade at Deutsch, where he last served as EVP/group creative director on GoDaddy (remember this one?), Microsoft, Degree for Men, etc.

During his career, Carroll (pictured), also held the title of interactive CD at Saatchi & Saatchi, where he was a founding member of its Digital Darwin offshoot, over saw the interactive creative department in NY and worked with clients including P&G and General Mills.

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