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December 6, 2012
  • Wunderman has boosted its UK agency with the appointment of Matt Batten to the new position of chief creative officer.
  • Bartle Bogle Hegarty has promoted David Kolbusz to the role of deputy executive creative director.
  • Russell Hopson, the former group managing director of Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, is to leave his position heading up WPP's Team Red, the bespoke unit that services Vodafone.
  • Lida, the M&C Saatchi Group agency, has boosted its management team with the appointment of Mark Hancock as the head of strategy.

Account Moves

December 6, 2012
  • Vodafone has appointed Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R to handle its digital advertising account, estimated to be worth £10 million, after a pitch.
  • HTC is understood to have appointed Omnicom Media Group to its £100 million global media planning and buying business after a pitch.

Reviews

December 6, 2012
  • RPA mounts defense in Honda review.
  • Carlsberg is talking to networks about a global advertising brief.
  • The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is looking for an advertising agency to handle a brief to help it connect with new audiences.
  • Dyson, the brand best known for its vacuum cleaners, is reviewing its estimated £130 million global media planning and buying account.
  • Audi UK has kicked off a pitch to find a digital agency of record to handle its website and digital strategy.
  • Grant's, the blended Scotch whisky brand, is reviewing its global advertising account as it moves to ramp up its marketing activity.

Reviews

December 5, 2012
  • The Southbank Centre, the complex of artistic venues on the south bank of the Thames, is reviewing its media planning and buying account.

Agencies

December 5, 2012
  • CHI & Partners has expanded its global network to Asia by forming a joint venture with sister WPP network Bates Asia.
  • Publicis buys AR New York.