Luiz Sanches will take on the role of chief creative officer, BBDO North America, while Matt MacDonald is being elevated to chief creative officer of the New York office––both effective today (4/5). Both Sanches and MacDonald will work closely with David Lubars, global chief creative officer, BBDO Worldwide, along with the creative leadership across the North America offices to oversee the creative product and output.
Sanches is no stranger to BBDO as he takes on his new role after 25+ years at Almap BBDO. He has received more awards than any other Brazilian creative, including over 190 Cannes Lions. He was recognized as the best-performing creative director by the Gunn Report, and recognized twice at Cannes. Sanches became agency partner of Almap BBDO in 2013, and is still currently chairman and chief creative officer. Under his leadership, Almap became a four-time Agency of the Year winner at Cannes, the best-performing Brazilian agency in the history of Cannes. Sanches has led some of the most awarded marquee campaigns over the last 25+ years, including Volkswagen, Havaianas and Audi. In his new role as chief creative officer of BBDO North America, Sanches will be responsible for overseeing and elevating the creative product across the region, partnering closely with the leadership team and clients alike.
MacDonald joined BBDO in 2014 and served as the chief creative officer for Omnicom on AT&T, one of the holding company’s largest accounts in North America. He has been credited with helping to lead Omnicom’s 2016 win of AT&T’s consolidated media and creative business, going on to build an integrated team across agencies. More recently, he has been instrumental in key new business wins for BBDO New York, including The Home Depot in 2021. Throughout his career, MacDonald and his teams have won every major creative award, with top honors from Cannes, D&AD, The One Show, Clios, Effies and The Webbys, among others. In his new role as chief creative officer of the New York Office, MacDonald will manage the New York creative department and be responsible for continuing, elevating, and evolving the agency’s reputation for creative excellence.
“I’ve worked with Luiz and Matt for a long time now; they represent the very best of our industry and, specifically, our continued mission to innovate for our clients’ success,” said Lubars. “Their complementary strengths will undeniably benefit not only their teams and the agency, but the creative output we deliver day in and day out. Luiz and Matt are both inspiring, modern leaders who know how to bring it, and bring it they will.”
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More