Paul Stechschulte has joined Pereira & O’Dell as executive creative director in San Francisco. An art director by trade, Stechschulte was most recently with Goodby Silverstein & Partners (GS&P), San Francisco where he was group creative director. His career includes posts at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam, 180 Amsterdam and Crispin Porter+Bogusky (CP+B) in Miami.
At GS&P he helped create the internationally award-winning Sprint “Now Network” campaign and served as group creative director on Sprint Nextel’s “Wedding” which earned a primetime commercial Emmy nomination in 2009. (“Wedding” was directed by Jim Jenkins of O Positive Films.)
In 2002 at CP+B, Stechschulte and colleagues reintroduced the MINI brand to the U.S. for BMW. The highly successful launch did not include a single television ad; unheard of in the American automobile marketplace. Additionally, he contributed creatively to the American Legacy Foundation’s “Truth” campaign (also with CP+B which worked jointly for the client with Arnold, Boston). The anti-tobacco campaign is credited with preventing hundreds of thousands of U.S. teens from starting to smoke.
Among those Stechschulte will collaborate with at Pereira & O’Dell is agency chief creative officer/co-founder PJ Pereira.
Britt Nolan Named CCO For McCann Worldgroup, North America
Britt Nolan has been hired as chief creative officer at McCann Worldgroup, North America. He will report to Javier Campopiano, global chief creative officer of McCann Worldgroup and McCann.
Nolan will work directly with the network’s creative leadership in the U.S. and Canada to lead the development of ideas that solve clients’ business challenges, guided by the creativity of the network’s founding philosophy of “Truth Well Told.” Key to this effort will be fostering collaboration across capabilities and agencies, leveraging the network’s talent and expertise in strategy, design, commerce, branding and production to bring its best-in-class offerings to bear for each client.
“Britt is without a doubt a leader and a point of reference for excellence in our industry,” said Campopiano. “He has led some of North America’s very best work in recent years with incredible range--creating eye-catching, smart, authentic, and funny ways of connecting brands with people. He has a rare track record of success across both creative and business, with a unique understanding of how they power each other. And most importantly, we share a common belief that brand-building is right now more important than it ever was, and the only way to do it is through radical creativity based on human truths. He embodies the very essence of our Truth Well Told philosophy.”
Most recently president and chief creative officer of Leo Burnett Chicago, Nolan comes to McCann Worldgroup with a track record of creative achievement and business impact, both for his clients and the agencies at which he’s worked. Over the years, his work has won Grand Prix or Best in Show at every major international award show, including over 50 Cannes Lions, as well as recognition... Read More