Hank Summy, formerly with SapientNitro, is joining McCann Erickson next month as president, North America. He will be based in New York and report to Nick Brien, chairman/CEO, McCann Worldgroup. Summy’s initial focus will be McCann’s flagship New York office working closely with chairman/chief creative officer, Linus Karlsson.
Summy also will assume management responsibility for regional McCann agencies across the U.S. and Canada. Along with the established leadership team, his responsibility will be to drive change and deliver the highest standards of creative excellence, strategic innovation, digital velocity and performance measurement. He will work with Patrick Lafferty who has been promoted to COO of McCann North America.
At SapientNitro, Summy was the managing director of its Eastern region and a member of the agency’s leadership team. When Sapient acquired Nitro two years ago, Summy led the successful integration of the two companies, including defining the value proposition and operating model for the combined entity globally. SapientNitro is a top 10 ranked U.S. agency.
Lafferty joined McCann Worldgroup just over a year ago as managing director of global brands, and established the Global Brands Community (GBC), a successful collaborative entity comprised of the heads of McCann Worldgroup’s key global businesses.
Previously, Lafferty’s posts included CMO of Travel Channel Media, where he drove double-digit business growth, technological innovation, and helped transform the company from a linear TV network to an integrated travel media business. Earlier he held senior account director posts at Leo Burnett, including key leadership of two of the agency’s highest profile businesses, McDonald’s and Kellogg’s, as well as that agency’s U.S. Army business.
Oscar Shortlists Unveiled Across 10 Categories
The Selena Gomez ballad "Mi Camino," the Will Ferrell and Harper Steele road trip documentary "Will & Harper" and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's pulsating "Challengers" score are one step closer to an Oscar nomination. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled shortlists in 10 categories Tuesday, including for documentary, international feature, best song and score. Two musicals, "Emilia Pérez" and "Wicked," were well represented in the categories. Netflix's audacious transgender drug-lord drama "Emilia Pérez" was most named, advancing in international feature, original score, two original songs including "Mi Camino" and "El Mal" (performed by Zoe Saldaña), sound and hair and makeup. "Wicked" also moved forward in several categories, like hair and makeup, original score, sound and visual effects. The adaptation of the Broadway musical did not include original songs and therefore wasn't eligible in that category. The song semifinalists include several notable artists, like Pharrell Williams for "Piece by Piece," Lainey Wilson for her "Twisters" song "Out of Oklahoma," Elton John and Brandi Carlile for "Never Too Late" and Robbie Williams for "Forbidden Road" from "Better Man." Diane Warren may also be heading for a 16th nomination for her song from "The Six Triple Eight." Nicholas Britell's "Winter Coat," performed by Saoirse Ronan in "Blitz," was also included, as was Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Tell Me It's You" from "Mufasa: The Lion King," performed by Aaron Pierre and Tiffany Boone. Among the 15 documentaries eligible for nominations are "The Bibi Files,""Daughters," "Eno," "Frida,""The Remarkable Life of Ibelin," "Dahomey," "Union," "Porcelain War" and "No Other Land." There are also 15 international features advancing, including... Read More