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New York-based production company O Positive announced today the addition of director Rodrigo Garcia-Saiz to their roster for commercial representation in North America and internationally.

“I am an enormous fan of O Positive,” Garcia-Saiz said. “Talking with Jim [Jenkins] and David [Shane], I felt as if I knew them. They really love their work and enjoy their families; we share a similar vibe. Plus, they do some of the best work out there. I appreciate that O Positive is a small company where I can really focus and do great work.”

Garcia-Saiz has a steady track record of award-winning work, including a Cannes Gold Lion win for AMIS “Office” (Ogilvy & Mather Mexico), and the Bronze Lion-winning horror parody “Executed” for Gandhi Bookstores and anti-bullying spot “Playground.” After attending film school at University of Mexico’s prestigious El CUEC, Garcia-Saiz flexed his cinematic muscle at Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s production company as a commercial AD, before forming his own Mexico City production company, Central Films. continued…

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Well, the time has come and with this, we’ll put the ADC coverage to bed for a while. Yes, the fifth and final installment of the ADC’s video series highlighting the happenings from last year’s first-ever Portfolio Night All-Stars event. Perhaps you saw episode 4 featuring AKQA CCO Rei Inamoto yesterday and now, the finale takes us to the presentation portion where the six all-star teams actually pitch for Ford representatives. The peculiar thing about this clip is you really don’t see/hear any of the actual pitches being made (we assume because Ford wants to keep things close to the hip). Well, at least this entire series still has a quick runtime than one actual episode of AMC’s The Pitch. FYI, the winner’s announced just past the 5:00 mark. You can check out the full series here, and in case you were wondering, this year’s PN event takes place May 21.

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Peggy Conlon is retiring as president and CEO of The Advertising Council, board chair Debra Lee announced today. Conlon, along with the members of the board, have initiated the process of finding a successor who will transition into the role by early next year.

Conlon joined the Ad Council back in 1999, and during her tenure the organization “addressed significant social issues on behalf of prominent non-profit and federal government organizations such as United Way, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, Autism Speaks and the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security.”

“Peggy took over the Ad Council at a critical point in history,” said Debra Lee. “She quickly organized the advertising industry’s response following the September 11^th attacks, which changed the way the Ad Council did business and established the organization as the ‘go to’ source for messages on other crises moving forward, including Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean Tsunami and the Haiti earthquake. Peggy’s leadership revolutionized how the Ad Council communicates its messages, leveraging digital and social media and the latest technologies to change social norms on behalf of critically important issues. Her tireless work has been invaluable.” continued…

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After reportedly searching to fill the role outside the agency, TBWA\Chiat\Day L.A. has instead filled the chief creative officer position from within, Adweek reports, turning to Stephen Butler, formerly an executive creative director. Fabio Costa and Brent Anderson were also promoted to executive creative director positions, working under Butler.

Butler joined the agency in July 2013, following a stint as a creative partner at Mother in London, where he worked with brands like Coca-Cola, Ikea, Motorola and the London 2012 Olympics. He also served time as a creative director Bartle Bogle Hegarty, also in London, where he worked with Levi’s. In his new role, Butler will manage a department working with Gatorade, Adidas, Southwest Airlines and Energizer.

“Clients want to work with him, agencies want him on their team,” director of media arts Lee Clow said of Butler. “His brave, groundbreaking and unforgettable ideas will help push our creative boundaries.”

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Global engagement marketing agency GMR recently announced that they’ve hired Andy Hayman as vice president of content, programming and production. GMR noted Hayman’s “rich background in creating award-winning branded content.”

Hayman arrives at GMR following nearly six years at Mindshare Entertainment, where he was responsible for developing and producing programs for clients such as CVS Pharmacy, Unilever, BP, and American Family Insurance. He has also served as senior vice president at Digitas and senior vice president of the North American leadership team at Saatchi & Saatchi X.

“Andy has an incredible talent for translating brand messaging into uniquely compelling visual stories,” said Gary Reynolds, GMR chairman and CEO.

Hayman began his role at GMR’s New Berlin, Wisconsin headquarters earlier this month, and will be responsible for overseeing all of the agency’s content development and production going forward.

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This morning we confirmed that Kate McCagg, most recently creative director at Razorfish, has left Portland for New York and a CD spot on the Havas Worldwide roster.

An agency spokesperson confirmed that McCagg started at Havas last week and that she is “partnering with Monica Escobar to lead Ritz (Mondelez) and working across other accounts as well.”

The official statement from Havas CCO Darren Moran:

“Kate is a thoroughly modern creative director. She’s a thinker and a maker. A writer and a lover of design. A humanist and a tech geek. Half of her career has been spent at ‘traditional’ shops, half at a digital agency. So she can do a lot and do it well, which makes Havas the perfect place for Kate. We’re thrilled she’s joined us.”

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Integrated design, advertising and production company, Hub Strategy & Communications has named Wayne Buder as chief marketing officer. Buder arrives at Hub with over 35 years of experience, working with clients like Mozilla Firefox, Disney, Virgin, and Electronic Arts. He has served as principal of the Business Therapy Group and was the past president and managing director of Engine Company 1, BuderEngel Advertising, and the San Francisco office of the London-based agency Leagas~Delaney. For the past several years, Buder has been actively involved with companies in the San Francisco area. Hub CEO and creative director DJ O’Neil described Buder as “an organizational leader, team builder and entrepreneur with a proven track record of growing successful businesses.”

“As a competitor of Hub for years, I’ve always admired their creative work and the business model,” said, Buder. “But I hated losing to them even more. I’m glad to say there will be no more of that.”

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This morning brings word that Alexandra Sann and Mike Kohlbecker, who joined CP+B Los Angeles as associate CDs in 2011 and recently collaborated on the Grey Poupon account, have dropped the A’s in their acronyms to become creative directors.

In addition to managing the aforementioned mustard, the two will now also lead creative for A.1. Sauce and Applebee’s.

This promotion follows a streak during which the two drove the creative behind “some of the LA office’s most memorable and award-winning work”. That work includes both the Poupon “Spread Good Taste” campaign–which scored wins at One Show and Cannes–and 2012′s much discussed Old Navy 90210 reunion.

Prior to joining CP+B, both Sann and Kohlbecker spent time at TBWA\Chiat\Day LA, where they worked on the Visa, “Call of Duty” and Energizer accounts; Sann also worked at TBWA\Chiat\Day NY, Amalgamated and Ogilvy NY while Kohlbecker spent three years in the CP+B Boulder office before heading out west.

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This week R/GA announced a new addition to its New York office: Robyn Tombacher will serve as SVP of business operations, global capacities.

Before joining R/GA, Tombacher spent twelve years with DigitasLBi and Publicis Groupe. Her most recent role was global operations director; she oversaw staffers at four internal agencies and also served as one of the founding members of Digitas Health and VIVA Women. Her specialties include “reducing agency and client inefficiency and establishing new models for collaboration and delivery.”

R/GA COO Stephen Plumlee writes:

“Her unique blend of expertise overseeing operations on a global scale will ensure that our capabilities are fully utilized to serve both new and existing clients.”

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Today Ogilvy & Mather announced the promotion of Lou Aversano to chief executive officer of of Ogilvy & Mather New York. Aversano receives the promotion from chief operating officer, effective immediately, and will continue to report to North American chairman and CEO John Seifert. In the new role, Aversano will be responsible for overseeing all of Ogilvy & Mather New York’s business performance, creative strategy, operations, client relationships and talent management across all disciplines, including advertising, customer engagement, public relations, digital, shopper and branded content.

Aversano first joined the Ogilvy & Mather team back in 1994 as an account supervisor, moving to Paris in 1996 to help lead the IBM account in Europe. In 200o, he moved back to New York as a member of the IBM worldwide leadership team, becoming president of the IBM business globally in 2007. He was promoted to chief operating officer in 2011. Aversano’s work with IBM has helped lead Ogilvy & Mather to countless awards, including over 50 Effie awards for effectiveness. Most recently, Lou partnered with the IBM team at Ogilvy for the “Made With IBM” campaign, which debuted at the Masters earlier this month.

“Lou has done a phenomenal job serving our New York office for the past three years and IBM for the past 20,” said John Seifert. “No one is better suited for this unique leadership opportunity than Lou. He will put his heart and soul into making New York the best it can be. Both the agency and our clients will benefit from Lou’s dedicated leadership.”

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