Final Cut, with offices in L.A., NY and London, has added editor Kyle Valenta to its roster. For the past year he has been traveling around the world, freelancing on projects for Apple and Facebook. Valenta’s recent credits include Apple’s “Your Verse” iPad campaign, including the anthem ad featuring Robin Williams’ recitation of Walt Whitman’s “O Me! O Life.”
Prior to that, Valenta spent almost a decade at Joint Editorial where he edited for some of Wieden+Kennedy’s top clients, including Cannes Lion-winning efforts for such brands as Nike, Livestrong, Dodge and Procter & Gamble.
Valenta will be moving from Portland, Ore., to Final Cut’s NY office. He will also be actively working in the company’s L.A. and London offices.
FCB ended the year repeating its top positions in The One Club for Creativity’s Global Creative Rankings, with FCB New York again crowned Global Agency of the Year and FCB Global finishing as Agency Network of the Year for 2024.
The annual worldwide benchmark report is a comprehensive ranking of agencies, brands, countries, and individuals based on points earned from winning entries in The One Club’s eight global, regional, and local awards shows: The One Show 2024, ADC 103rd Annual Awards, Type Directors Club TDC70 competition, Art Directors Club of Europe ADCE Awards 2024, ONE Asia Creative Awards 2024, and The One Club Denver, San Diego, and Miami chapter 2024 awards programs.
“The Global Creative Rankings is the industry’s most comprehensive and transparent ranking,” said Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club. “There are no secret weightings in calculating the rankings, and unlike others, it’s not hidden behind a paywall. As the industry’s foremost nonprofit organization for the global creative community, The One Club is in a unique position to provide this free, definitive measure for global creative excellence to everyone in the industry.”
Highlights of the Global Creative Rankings 2024 are below.
Global Agency Rankings
FCB New York
Rethink Toronto
McCann New York
TBWAMedia Arts Lab Los Angeles
Serviceplan Germany Munich
Dentsu Inc. Tokyo
FCB Chicago
Marcel Paris
VML New York
Ogilvy PR New York, Publicis Conseil Paris (tie)
Independent Agency Rankings
Rethink Toronto
Serviceplan Germany Munich
Wieden+Kennedy Portland
