Marketing communications agency Lowe Campbell Ewald has hired Curtis Melville as executive creative director effective Monday, April 7. In this newly created position, Melville will oversee the day-to-day creative operation of Lowe Campbell Ewald’s Detroit office. In addition, he will provide creative leadership and vision to Lowe’s global network, as well as new business efforts. Melville will report directly to chief creative officer Mark Simon and will work with all clients across the agency.
Melville comes over from Team Detroit, where he served as executive VP, executive creative director. While there, he was responsible for Ford’s U.S. advertising communications, including traditional, digital, social, branded content and retail efforts. In addition to co-owning his own boutique creative shop in San Francisco for over eight years, Melville has worked at Ogilvy & Mather, Saatchi & Saatchi and Hal Riney. Throughout his career, he has worked with a number of prominent brands including Ford, HP, Yahoo! and iShares.
Throughout his career, Melville has been recognized for his creative work, including the One Show, Communication Arts and Effie awards.