Juan Charvet has joined Y&R New York as director of experience strategy. In this newly created role, Charvet reports to chief strategy officer Dick de Lange, who joined Y&R in October from R/GA. Charvet arrives at the agency shortly after the hire of Leslie Sims as its chief creative officer, and is the latest appointment by Y&R president Jim Radosevic.
Charvet brings to Y&R a mix of experience in technology, digital strategy, process methodology, user experience and business strategy. Most recently, he spent two years as a technical director at 360i, leading teams of experience designers, developers, content strategists and more for clients including Canon USA, Mondelez International and Ben & Jerry’s. Prior to that, Charvet was associate technology director at frog, where he counseled clients including GE, the Comcast Corporation, and Bloomberg L.P. with technology research, solution architecture, digital strategy and end-to-end implementation management. He previously worked as lead developer, technology at Y&R sister agency VML and executed digital components of Y&R campaigns including Xerox’s “Real Business” and LG’s “Give it a Ponder.”
Charvet has also contributed his talents as a consultant, designer and developer to a variety of companies, including Red Tettemer, Imaginary Forces, and I-SITE, Inc.
Y&R New York works with an array of consumer and B to B clients, including Campbell’s, Dell, Hillshire Brands, Land Rover, Optum, Pepperidge Farm, Xerox and a number of healthcare and pharmaceutical brands.
The One Club Names Global Finalists For Young Guns 22
The One Club for Creativity has announced 78 talented young creative individuals and teams based in 18 countries selected as finalists for the Young Guns 22 competition, celebrating global creative professionals age 30 or younger.
Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives. This year’s entries were judged by a diverse jury of 101 creatives--many of whom are past YG winners--from 45 countries.
Young Guns 22 finalists span Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong SAR China, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, the U.K. and U.S.
This year’s winners will be announced on October 30, 2024, and celebrated at a special in-person party on November 13, 2024 at Sony Hall in New York.
All Young Guns winners receive a unique version of the iconic Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the Young Guns website.
Winners also receive a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the Young Guns network, a chance to be featured in Young Guns events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from Young Guns sponsors.
Program branding and design of the YG Cube award itself is reimagined each year by a past Young Guns winner. This year’s YG22 branding was created by New York-based designer, illustrator, muralist, and author Timothy Goodman (YG7).
Levine/Leavitt Artist In Residence Award
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