New Faces
Matthew Bull, the London-based worldwide chief creative officer of Lowe, is leaving his post to rejoin Lowe Bull, the agency he founded in South Africa. (The shop has offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban, South Africa.) He will continue to serve as the global creative leader on the Stella Artois account….Naked, the London-headquartered communications and strategy shop, is slated to open a New York office in January. Heading up the new venture are Paul Woolmington, currently CEO of Media Kitchen, New York, and M.T. Carney, currently senior partner/worldwide planning director at Ogilvy & Mather, New York….Creative director Chris Bradley is joining Margeotes Fertitta Powell, New York, where he will be in charge of integrating nontraditional media efforts. He joins the shop from Arnold Worldwide, Boston, where he worked on Volkswagen….The jury chairs for the 2006 Clio Festival have been announced: heading up the television/cinema jury will be Tony Davidson, executive creative director at Wieden + Kennedy, London; Paul Woolmington, co-founding partner of Naked, will spearhead the Content + Contact jury; John Merrifield, chief creative officer/regional creative director of TBWA/Japan, Tokyo, will head up the print/poster/innovation/integrated jury; Rei Inamoto, the global creative director of AKQA, San Francisco, will oversee the Internet jury; Brian Collins, executive creative director of the Brand Integration Group at Ogilvy & Mather, New York, will chair the design jury; and director Noam Murro of Biscuit Filmworks, Los Angeles, will oversee the TV/cinema technique jury….
Account Movement
McCann Erickson, New York, will handle advertising for the U.S. Army, an account valued at $1.35 billion over five years. The account had previously been with Leo Burnett USA, Chicago….Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners, Sausalito, Calif., will handle ad duties for Mini. The account had previously been with Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Miami….Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, will handle global ad duties for Alcoa Building & Construction Systems….