Chris Chapman (under) has joined adam&eveDDB because the company’s first artistic director of design, reporting to CCO Richard Brim. Chapman joins from Droga5 after stints at London companies together with Wieden+Kennedy, Gray, the place he labored on award-winning Volvo and Saatchi & Saatchi.
On the identical time DDB Worldwide has recruited Alex Lubar (under) from McCann Worldgroup as its new COO. Lubar was head of McCann North America after durations in London, the place he was CEO, and Asia. He started his profession at DDB proprietor Omnicom’s Rapp.
Designer Chapman received quite a few awards for his Coal Drop Yard work at D5 (under.) He says: “Adam&eveDDB is the best company in London for artistic alternatives and I’m very enthusiastic about getting concerned.”
CCO Brim says: “Design must be on the centre of the whole lot we do and there’s nobody higher than Chris to make that occur. We’re so excited to have somebody as proficient as him be a part of the crew.”
At DDB HQ it seems to be as if Lubar’s job is to assist pull the community collectively, utilizing numerous elements of the community to work on the identical consumer in numerous markets. DDB, as a worldwide community, has by no means been fairly as unified as McCann.
Lubar says: “If one thing labored notably effectively in Seoul, there’s no motive why it could’t work in Brazil or the Western US. Loads of the time our purchasers may be doing nice issues however they want the assistance of a worldwide associate to determine and assist them bubble to the highest.”
Lubar is a proficient govt and a loss to McCann and proprietor IPG. McCann misplaced its world CCO Rob Reilly to WPP final yr.
As for adam&eve’s Chapman, design reasonably misplaced its place in companies as print declined in relative significance however is returning strongly as an rising variety of commercials and movies eschew dialogue for a combo of design and music.
