BBH USA has appointed Steven Panariello as its chief executive officer. Based in New York City. Panariello will lead the agency in the U.S. to advance its momentum in delivering culture-defining campaigns and creative excellence for brands including Smuckers, Netflix, Samsung and Heineken.
Panariello will work alongside BBH USAโs chief creative officer Erica Roberts, chief strategy officer Samantha Deevy, and chief marketing officer Lindsey McNabb.
Panariello joins from BBDO New York where he most recently served as managing director. He led the agency through consistent evolution by modernizing creative output and leading key client relationships. He also drove growth at scale across BBDOโs clients including Bacardi Ltd, Pedigree, M&Ms, Snickers, Wells Fargo, and FedEx. Additionally, his strategic vision for BBDO NY helped lead to their multiple Webby recognitions as Agency of the Year and producing work consistently recognized at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity, D&AD, and The One Show. While overseeing the global portfolio of Bacardi Ltd, he helped make it the most creatively awarded spirits brand. Before BBDO, Panariello held roles at Droga5, Naked Communications, and TBWA.
โBBH has a reputation for delivering unbridled creativity and brave ideas that revive brands–itโs a privilege to join the agency during a time of significant momentum and evolution,โ Panariello said. โIโm excited to lead the BBH team in continuing to put the โzag where others zigโ philosophy to work and driving more transformation for more of our partners.โ
Carla Serrano, chief strategy officer of Publicis Groupe, said, โBBH USA plays a special role at Publicis Groupe with its iconic creative pedigree. We are thrilled to have Steven lead the charge in its next chapter of modern expansion and acceleration. Panariello will guide the agency in its next era of growth, reinforcing the agencyโs reputation as a leader in breakthrough creativity.โ
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More