Saatchi & Saatchi London has appointed Kerry Roper as head of design.
Reporting into CCO Guillermo Vega, Roper will be part of the senior creative team at Saatchi & Saatchi London, working across the agency client roster which includes BT, EE, Direct Line and Visa. Roper will be tasked with further elevating Saatchi’s design and visual output.
Roper began his agency career at Leagas Delaney, followed by a period as head of design at Dare before eventually moving to Anomaly.
In addition to his advertising career, Roper has been in much demand by Topshop, Nike, Snickers and numerous record labels. Since 2009 he has been the visual creative director for Sushitech Records Berlin.
Three pieces of his art are in the V&A permanent collection and toured the U.K. as part of the Street Art exhibition alongside works by Banksy and D*Face.
The addition of Roper follows a series of major developments for Saatchi London, including the recent brand overhaul for BT and the appointment of Sarah Jenkins as managing director, who takes over the role in December.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More