McCann London has bolstered its creative team with a raft of new hires and a promotion. Ross Neil comes aboard as executive creative director. He previously served as ECD at WCRS. Neil will be working alongside McCann London’s CCOs Rob Doubal and Laurence Thomson.
Creative duo Ran Stallard and Jenna Morrissey are joining the team from Ogilvy. Stallard was an art director at Ogilvy where she worked on ads for the likes of Vodafone, Bulmers and Greenpeace. Copywriter Morrissey has lent her creative skills to campaigns for Volvo, Cannes Young Lions and Panadol.
McCann London has also added Jessica Hayes as head of talent. She had been at Google Ventures’ business.
And Lisa Carrana has been promoted to deputy head of art at McCann London.
Production company m ss ng p eces has added Jun Diaz to its directorial roster for U.S. commercial representation. Diaz has helmed dozens of campaigns for brands including the NFL, IKEA, BMW, Samsung, Converse, Mastercard, Seamless, Heineken, eBay, and the Ad Council. He also created a series of captivating films for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CDFA) Awards.
Diaz’s inspiring PSA entitled “Make Them Visible” for the NYC Rescue Mission was an experiment featuring footage of unsuspecting people walking by their family members, all dressed to appear homeless. The footage was then shown to the unaware people, leaving many speechless and emotionally moved to tears. Profoundly affecting, the PSA reached two million views in three days and earned a spot on YouTube’s Top 20 Worldwide.
Prior to joining m ss ng p eces, Diaz was most recently represented by production company O Positive.
Half Filipino and half Japanese, Diaz was born in Tokyo. He grew up traveling to various parts of Southeast Asia and East Africa with his parents and four siblings before moving to the U.S. to pursue his dream of becoming a director. Forging his own path in the industry, Diaz was an editor for over a decade before transitioning to directing. He gained widespread acclaim for his work in commercials and feature films, with editing credits including American Movie, Home Movie, and the critically acclaimed The Kid Stays In The Picture, for which he received an ACE Eddie Award nomination for Best Edited Documentary Film.
“Kate, Ari, Brian, and the whole m ss ng p eces team have built a community,” said Diaz. “Creatively, I mesh so well with them. In some ways, I feel it’s a new beginning for me, because you can never... Read More
