The creative team of Calle and Pelle Sjonell is joining Fallon Minneapolis as group creative directors. The brothers come to Fallon from different ad shops in Sweden. Pelle Sjonell has been the creative director/co-founder/CEO of King, while Calle Sjonell comes over from his post as creative director at Starring (formerly Moonwalk), Stockholm. Despite working at separate agencies, the brothers have collaborated on several projects in recent years. Fallon creative director Kerry Feuerman plans to use Pelle’s traditional ad agency background and Calle’s interactive industry experience by merging the two disciplines to work together as a single team…..Vic Palumbo has been promoted to director of broadcast production at Fallon Minneapolis, succeeding Brian DiLorenzo, who is leaving to become executive director, content, at BBDO North America. Palumbo joined Fallon a little more than a year ago as an executive producer. He came to Fallon from Wieden+Kennedy, Portland, Ore., where he produced Emmy and Cannes Lion-winning work for Nike……Dave Weist has joined Modernista!, Boston, as creative director. He will manage various agency clients, including Cadillac, Hummer, TIAA Cref and Rockport. Weist spent the past nearly 10 years at Arnold Worldwide, Boston, where he moved up the ladder from junior writer to senior VP/creative director. At Arnold, Weist worked on the famous Volkswagen “Drivers Wanted” campaign….. Lisa Rettig-Falcone has joined DDB New York as a creative director, overseeing the Subaru regional account, as well as working on United Technologies and new business. The move marks her return to DDB after serving for the last seven years as a group creative director at Lowe, New York….
Britt Nolan Named CCO For McCann Worldgroup, North America
Britt Nolan has been hired as chief creative officer at McCann Worldgroup, North America. He will report to Javier Campopiano, global chief creative officer of McCann Worldgroup and McCann.
Nolan will work directly with the network’s creative leadership in the U.S. and Canada to lead the development of ideas that solve clients’ business challenges, guided by the creativity of the network’s founding philosophy of “Truth Well Told.” Key to this effort will be fostering collaboration across capabilities and agencies, leveraging the network’s talent and expertise in strategy, design, commerce, branding and production to bring its best-in-class offerings to bear for each client.
“Britt is without a doubt a leader and a point of reference for excellence in our industry,” said Campopiano. “He has led some of North America’s very best work in recent years with incredible range--creating eye-catching, smart, authentic, and funny ways of connecting brands with people. He has a rare track record of success across both creative and business, with a unique understanding of how they power each other. And most importantly, we share a common belief that brand-building is right now more important than it ever was, and the only way to do it is through radical creativity based on human truths. He embodies the very essence of our Truth Well Told philosophy.”
Most recently president and chief creative officer of Leo Burnett Chicago, Nolan comes to McCann Worldgroup with a track record of creative achievement and business impact, both for his clients and the agencies at which he’s worked. Over the years, his work has won Grand Prix or Best in Show at every major international award show, including over 50 Cannes Lions, as well as recognition... Read More