Brendan Robertson has been named chief strategy officer at David&Goliath (D&G). Reporting directly to D&G founder and creative chairman David Angelo, Robertson oversees all strategic development across existing clients and new business opportunities. His responsibilities include leading the strategy department to ensure all businesses have the best staff to meet their needs, as well as training and growing talent.
“The foundation for creating engaging, memorable and impactful creative always begins with great strategy. As a strategic leader, Brendan’s exemplary track record depicts a depth of expertise that has delivered consistent results for brands throughout his career,” said Angelo. “His outstanding leadership, expansive experience, mentorship and values around purpose-driven culture make him a perfect addition to D&G and we’re excited about the immediate impact he’ll make within the strategy department and leadership team.”
Robertson joins D&G from VCCP where he was managing partner and led strategy on brands including Activision Blizzard, Native (P&G), Equinox, Audi of America, Staples, Amazon Prime Video, Apple, and Salesforce. Prior to that, he was EVP of strategy and planning at Edelman, serving as strategic lead for HP, Nissan, Starbucks, Adobe, Juniper Networks and PayPal. His career also includes posts as brand strategy director at Goodby Silverstein & Partners and associate strategy director at Eleven.
“I’m honored and excited to join an agency I have always held in high regard,” said Robertson about D&G. “The focus on creativity and fostering a culture where you can be your true, authentic selves is always how I have worked,” said Robertson. “I look forward to joining the team that will help the agency continually evolve and lead brands into the future.”
Robertson has been the recipient of numerous industry awards over the course of his career, including Cannes Lions, D&AD, One Show and Effie honors. He has also taught brand planning at Miami Ad School and been a guest lecturer at The Academy of Art.
Carrie Coon Relishes Being Part Of An Ensemble–From “The Gilded Age” To “His Three Daughters”
It can be hard to catch Carrie Coon on her own.
She is far more likely to be found in the thick of an ensemble. That could be on TV, in "The Gilded Age," for which she was just Emmy nominated, or in the upcoming season of "The White Lotus," which she recently shot in Thailand. Or it could be in films, most relevantly, Azazel Jacobs' new drama, "His Three Daughters," in which Coon stars alongside Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen as sisters caring for their dying father.
But on a recent, bright late-summer morning, Coon is sitting on a bench in the bucolic northeast Westchester town of Pound Ridge. A few years back, she and her husband, the playwright Tracy Letts, moved near here with their two young children, drawn by the long rows of stone walls and a particularly good BLT from a nearby cafe that Letts, after biting into, declared must be within 15 miles of where they lived.
In a few days, they would both fly to Los Angeles for the Emmys (Letts was nominated for his performance in "Winning Time" ). But Coon, 43, was then largely enmeshed in the day-to-day life of raising a family, along with their nightly movie viewings, which Letts pulls from his extensive DVD collection. The previous night's choice: "Once Around," with Holly Hunter and Richard Dreyfus.
Coon met Letts during her breakthrough performance in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" on Broadway in 2012. She played the heavy-drinking housewife Honey. It was the first role that Coon read and knew, viscerally, she had to play. Immediately after saying this, Coon sighs.
"It sounds like something some diva would say in a movie from the '50s," Coon says. "I just walked around in my apartment in my slip and I had pearls and a little brandy. I made a grocery list and I just did... Read More