Natalie Lam, whose honors include Cyber Grand Prix and Titanium awards at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, is joining McCann NY as executive creative director. She comes over from OgilvyOne where she was regional creative director for Asia and exec creative director of OgilvyOne Shanghai.
Lam will work across agency accounts but also lead the charge to further strengthen all digital capabilities into a world-class digital creative offering at McCann.
Lam is the third high profile creative talent recruited by Linus Karlsson, chairman/chief creative officer of McCann NY and London, since he joined the agency in February 2011. The others were Matias Palm-Jensen, who joined as chief innovation officer for McCann Europe based out of McCann London, and Andreas Dahlqvist, who joined as vice chairman, executive creative director for McCann NY. The other ECDs in the NY agency are George Dewey, Craig Markus, Steve Ohler and Leslie Sims.
An international creative executive who combines an integrated and digital expertise, Lam has worked in New York, China and Asia. In New York, she was with R/GA from 2003-2008, most recently as creative director on the global and U.S. Nike+, NikeiD, and Nike running accounts.
In 2008, Lam, a native of Hong Kong, moved back to China to join OgilvyOne and became the first female and youngest regional creative director for OgilvyOne Asia.
In addition to Nike, her clients over the years have included MasterCard, Motorola, Sony, Volkswagen, Coca-Cola, Target, Procter & Gamble and Unilever.
Lam’s work has also won a Black Pencil at D&AD, Best of Show at the One Show Interactive, Best of Show at the Clio Awards, Best of Show at the International Andy Awards, a Gold Cube from the Art Directors Club and a Gold at the London International Awards, among other honors.
“Overnight Success” Has Been More Than A Decade In The Making For Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson
Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson, two of the stars of Netflix's whodunit "The Perfect Couple," have news for you if you want to call them breakouts: They've been working in this business for more than a decade.
Fahy made her TV debut in 2009 in an episode of "Gossip Girl." Hewson's first big film role was in 2011's "This Must Be the Place." They do concede, however, that it's recent TV roles — "The White Lotus" for Fahy and "Bad Sisters" for Hewson — that have led to new frontiers of opportunity.
Susanne Bier, who directed "The Perfect Couple," says both Fahy and Hewson are "going to be big stars."
"They certainly have proper, profound star quality, Both of them in very different ways," Bier says. "Both are incredibly creative, incredibly smart, and also have a impressive insight as to who they are. You can be a great actor or actress and not necessarily really know who you are yourself. And they do."
Hewson, 33, whose dad is U2 front man Bono, may have grown up in a famous family but she's now in demand in her own right. She will next be seen in a second season of "Bad Sisters, " out in November. She's in Noah Baumbach's next film, alongside Adam Sandler, George Clooney and Riley Keough. She's also been cast in Steven Spielberg's next production and is set to star opposite Murray Bartlett in a racing series for Hulu.
Fahy, 34, is in production on a limited series with Julianne Moore and Milly Alcock called "Sirens," written by Molly Smith Metzler ("Maid") for Netflix. She also has two films in the can with Josh O'Connor ("The Crown," "Challengers") and Brandon Sklenar ("It Ends With Us").
The two actors spoke candidly about this phase of their careers. This interview has been condensed for clarity and... Read More