New Faces
Walt Connelly is joining JWT, New York, as an executive creative director. He comes to the shop from McCann-Erickson, San Francisco, where he oversaw creative for Microsoft….Gary Pascoe is joining BBDO Detroit, Troy, Mich., as a creative director, working with chief creative officer Gary Topolewski on the shop’s Chrysler assignments. Pascoe had been with TBWA/Chiat/Day, Los Angeles…. A trio of staffers at Saatchi & Saatchi, New York–Andrew Jeske, Steve Mitsch and Richard Wallace–have been promoted to senior VPs/creative directors….Dean Bastian is moving to the Detroit office of McCann Erickson where he will serve as director of creative development. He had been a group creative director at the New York office of the agency….John Livengood has been promoted to executive creative director at DDB Seattle. He had been executive creative director of the shop’s online and direct units. Livengood succeeds Fred Hammerquist, who is leaving the agency….Patrick O’Neill, a group creative director at TBWA/Chiat/Day, New York, who oversees Abolut, is leaving the agency at the end of April….
Account Movement
BBDO, headquartered in New York, has been awarded ad duties on the eBay account. Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco previously handled the online auction company….180 Amsterdam has been awarded a branding assignment from Motorola….McCann-Erickson, San Francisco, will handle advertising for Mike’s Hard Lemonade….Martin/Williams, Minneapolis, has won ad duties on the Payless ShoeSource account….AKQA, San Francisco, has won online ad duties for Coca-Cola Zero, a new product to be launched in June….