Dave Weist has been named chief creative officer at integrated strategy, creative and media agency Hill Holliday. Weist was promoted from EVP, head of brand.
Prior to joining Hill Holliday earlier this year, Weist was at MullenLowe, where he was ECD of the Boston and New York offices. He opened New York from scratch and helped grow that into a 180-person full-service global offering.
Aside from being a proven creative leader, Weist is all about the team. He loves partnering with all agency disciplines, clients and of course creatives. His teams have won every major international creative award many times over as well as the Grand Effie and three Gold Effies for the most effective campaigns in the world as measured over a five-year period.
“This is any creative person’s dream job,” said Weist. “Hill Holliday is a 56-year-old start-up. A place that’s as much of an evolving idea as it is an institution, the agency is filled with people who have an ambition that leads to the next great opportunity. I’m excited to work with Chris [Wallrapp, CEO] and the team and to be part of that growth.”
At MullenLowe, Weist shaped brands like JetBlue, Royal Caribbean, E-TRADE, Acura, Google, American Greetings, Hyatt, US Cellular, Burger King, KFC and many more. Prior to MullenLowe, Weist was creative director at Modernista, building brands like Cadillac, HUMMER, TIAA and (red). Before that he was a writer at Arnold Worldwide, where he started his career on Volkswagen, winning the Cannes Grand Prix and collaborating with Steve Jobs on the Apple co-branding effort, pods unite.
“Personally, I worked with Dave at Modernista,” said Wallrapp. ”I’ve seen firsthand what we can accomplish creatively, as well as the way he leads clients and his teams. His motto has always been if you want to go fast go alone but if you want to go far, go together–and I can’t think of a more perfect motto for us at this point in time.”
Weist is upped to CCO at a time of great momentum for Hill Holliday, which was acquired by the Attivo Group earlier this year. Recently the agency was selected by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism to create its new tourism campaign highlighting the history, attractions, unique culture, and vibrant businesses of its home state.
TikTok and the U.S. Face Off In Court Over Law That Could Lead To A Ban Of The Popular Platform
TikTok faced off with the U.S. government in federal court on Monday, arguing a law that could ban the platform in a few short months was unconstitutional while the Justice Department said the measure is critical to eliminate a national security risk posed by the popular social media company.
Attorneys for the two sides - and content creators - appeared before a panel of three judges at a federal appeals court in Washington, where TikTok and its China-based parent company, ByteDance, are challenging the law that is forcing them to break ties by mid-January or lose one of their biggest markets in the world.
Andrew Pincus, a veteran attorney representing the two companies, argued in court that the law unfairly targets the company and runs afoul of the First Amendment because TikTok Inc. - the U.S. arm of TikTok - is an American entity. Another attorney representing creators who are also challenging the law also argued it violates the rights of U.S. speakers and is akin to prohibiting Americans from publishing on foreign-owned media outlets, such as Politico, Al Jazeera or Spotify.
"The law before this court is unprecedented and its effect would be staggering," Pincus said, adding the act would impose speech limitations based on future risks.
The law, signed by President Joe Biden in April, was the culmination of a years-long saga in Washington over the short-form video-sharing app, which the government sees as a national security threat due to its connections to China.
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