Brian Billow–a former creative director at DDB Chicago where he worked on such accounts as Anheuser-Busch, McDonald’s, OfficeMax and Wrigley’s–has come aboard the directorial roster of bicoastal/international Hungry Man. Prior to DDB, he was a creative at McCann Erickson, New York, contributing to spots for the MasterCard “Priceless” campaign, Budget Rental Cars, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, Rolling Rock and Xbox. Among Billow’s directing credits are commercials for McDonald’s, Wrigley’s and Vermont Lottery. His filmography also includes the short titled Bodega, which he both wrote and directed. The short, which has generated considerable buzz on the film festival circuit, tells the story of an extremely creative guy whose vocation is robbing convenience stores….New York-based Sound Lounge Music & Sound Design has hired Marcus Smith as executive producer. He most recently was co-founder and executive producer for New York music house Siblings where he worked on commercials for such clients as JCPenney and Nikon. Smith also produced the original music for this year’s Academy Award-winning and Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award-nominated documentary Taxi to the Dark Side directed by Alex Gibney (who recently entered into a deal for TV commercial representation via Beverly Hills-headquartered Saville Productions)…..New York-based multiplatform production company Transistor Studios has brought Jacob Bondre on board as its lead interactive developer. He has served in senior creative and development capacities at various shops, including Whatever Solutions and Media Inc., Blast Radius, OgilvyOne and Ogilvy Interactive….
FCB Stays Atop The One Club’s Year-End Global Creative Rankings
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
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