Prior to his most recent gig, Oliver spent several years as a client partner at what was EHS 4D and worked as account director at TBWA\Tequila for nearly five years before that. No word yet on a replacement for Oliver at Havas Discovery, which recently promoted current president Paul Marobella to a larger role as group president, a title that now calls for him to also oversee ops at experiential agency Havas Impact and brand agency, Palm + Havas.

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Prior to his joining iCrossing, which currently counts 18 global offices and clients including Beam, Coca-Cola, Pep Boys and FedEx (but no DirecTV?), Powley held managing director positions on the West Coast at both MRM and what was then Modem Media.

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Along with his 15-plus years of agency experience, Thurlow perhaps more interestingly moonlights as an illustrator whose Covers series has been featured in Juxtapoz among other trades. Regarding his exit from Grey, which we hear is currently ramping up staff on its recently won Gillette biz, one tipster laments that Thurlow “deserved a hell of a lot better.”

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Ludwig, who still toplines CE’s leadership section on its site, has been with the Detroit stalwart for the duration of his 30-year ad career, starting as a copywriter before moving up the ranks to chief creative/strategy officer to his most recent position at the top of the agency’s food chain. We’ll try to get some comment from Campbell Ewald if possible and will update if and when we can.

Update: The same sources familiar with CE that we talked to last week tell us that “nothing’s changed” since last week, so yeah, consider us confused.

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It’s been a while since we’re covered some ad school-related stunt like this, hasn’t it? I dunno, maybe not, but we’re senile. Anyways, it seems this video’s been up for quite some time and it comes from one Mustafa Ulker, a Miami Ad School copywriting grad who’s come up with a rather ominous way to bid farewell to his institution and land a proper agency gig in the process. Ah, gone are the days when two ad school gals could just say to an agency, hire us or we’ll get married. Now, we have this, in which Ulker bought up domains that are not actually sanctioned by Miami Ad School, at least we think, but have the names and cities in which MAS is housed involved nonetheless.

Hey, according to Ulker, it seemed to have worked the first time when he bought the domain miamiadschoolistanbul.com and eventually landed a slot in the school. Can the budding copywriter, who’s now based in NYC, recapture the magic again? Well, he’s fresh out of MAS, agency world, so your move. You can read his full manifesto here.

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During his career, the copywriter by trade has had full-time gigs at the likes of Lowe and W+K and has freelanced for several shops including 72andSunny and VSA.

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HappyBombs, a “socially conscious apparel company dedicated to making the world a better place,” is a passion project that is turning into a real project. We’ve covered side ventures, short films, etc. created by various ad employees, but this t-shirt company is meant to replace a traditional job, not supplement it. As you’ll see in the promo video, the founders “make lots of things for lots of companies. But it hasn’t been making [them] happy.” One of the founders is Phil Henson, an ACD at Team One LA, the shop that handles Lexus among other accounts, of course. I guess placing bows on top of luxury sedans doesn’t fulfill the conscience at night.

If you’re interested in donating, you can find more information over at the fundraising page on Kickstarter little brother Indiegogo. The shirts are not just shirts (are they ever?), however. Half of the profit for each purchase is donated to a charity. No word yet on whether the shirts come with oversized bows, but it’s a cool project for a cool cause and worth checking out.

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Better than any of their campaigns with colored blocks and folky music, Venables Bell & Partner’s latest spot for Google Fiber exemplifies the coming-together of technology, passion, and creativity.

Last summer, Google Fiber was introduced to Kansas City. In the year that followed, Google wanted to “see how high speed Internet could impact lives.” At Children’s Mercy Hospital, they met Nick LeGrande, a 13-year-old baseball player who has been diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a life-threatening blood disorder. His mom said he’s only cried once during the subsequent ordeal, when his doctor said he couldn’t play baseball.

Last night, Google Fiber technology (and the generosity of the company itself),  gave Nick the chance to get back in the game. He threw the first pitch at an Oakland A’s game, even though his illness prevents him from being around crowds and he’s 1,800 miles away from the stadium. With help from a Google-Fiber enhanced, Deeplocal-built telerobotic pitching machine, Nick’s movements were translated to Oakland as he felt the field in Kansas City via live camera. He stood on a specially-made indoor baseball stadium, with real sod and clay. The crowd cheered in real life and online. I cried.

Here’s hoping VB+P continues in this innovative, benevolent direction. If Google Fiber means making dreams like this come true, then we need it all across America. In the meantime, our thoughts are with Nick.

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As for Elm, during his lengthy stay at Deutsch LA, where he started as a copywriter, the senior creative subsequently played a major role in PlayStation efforts, creating the Twitter feed for @TheKevinButler and leading creative on the award-winning “Michael” work for the console. His new boss, DDB California (formerly DDB West) CEO Mike Harris, speaks his name and sings his praises in a statement, saying, “Jason was recently, and rightly so, named to Business Insider’s ‘people most-sought after by rival agencies’ list. He is a creative genius and a superstar in the industry and I have no doubt that his creative vision will elevate the level of our work, across departments.”

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“Hi all,

You might have already met them in some corner of our offices but in case you haven’t, let’s officially say hello and welcome to Kevin Jordan and Renata Florio, our newest creative department SVPs and group creative directors.

Kevin was most recently at BBDO New York, where he was responsible for remarkable campaigns for AT&T and GE. Before that, he worked at Havas Worldwide where he was one of the creatives behind the highly successful and awarded Dos Equis “The Most Interesting Man in the World” campaign. (He insists that the idea is somehow based on himself. We’ll soon see.)

Before Renata came to the U.S. to be the creative leader at Grey’s Hispanic marketing agency called Wing in September of 2011, she worked at some of the best agencies in her native Brazil, including  BBDO, StrawberryFrog, Saatchi & Saatchi, Publicis and DM9DDB, where she was part of the team that helped the shop to be “Agency of the Year” at Cannes. She’s been a part of some of the most recognized campaigns of the past few years, including the mega-awarded “Windows” for FedEx. Her experience in the U.S. general market includes campaigns for clients like Red Lobster, Radio Shack and P&G.

So let’s say welcome and boas-vindas (pronounce bowushbeendus) to both of them.

More to come soon.

Javi”

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Along with his two decades in the ad biz, during which time he’s also held senior creative roles at the likes of BMB and Lowe & Partners Worldwide, Rosch is an author whose  My Dead Friend Sarah: A Novel was published last year. Now as an ECD at Mullen L.A., Rosch will lead the creative unit in an office that’s projected to house over 80 staffers by year’s end.

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In a statement, McCann Worldgroup chairman/CEO Harris Diamond says of his agency’s new hire, “We are pleased to have Suzanne join us. Suzanne has the energy, passion and skills to lead our incredibly talented group of strategic executives. She brings us a unique perspective on how to build global insights and ideas across our brands, geographies and culture.”

Prior to CP+B, Powers spent a decade at TBWA, moving up the ranks from account planner to global strategy director, working with brands including Mars, Nivea and GSK along the way.

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Anyhow, as you may know, prior to his yearlong stint at CCO at Translation, Cereda served as ECD at KBS+ and worked on MasterCard among other accounts while at McCann during his career. We’re checking on all fronts with this latest matter, but apparently, MTV’s made Cereda’s arrival official, just not public. We’ll keep you posted.

Update: The Viacom camp has confirmed that Cereda has started as a creative director at what is now known as Scratch, Viacom Media Networks.

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I bet your office lobby – if you have an office lobby – doesn’t look as artistic as the new and improved office lobby for Draftfcb SF. One of the agency’s art directors brought in local graffiti artist Ghost Owl to freshen up the lobby with a staggering wallscape. As ad folks often do, Draftfcb SF turned non-client work, and in this case, office redecoration, into a creative endeavor. There’s a short video showing how Ghost Owl worked his ghost magic with the spray cans, a cool watch if you want to see how he layers and shades colors up close. A bumpy hip-hop beat plays over the clip, completing the woozy old-school West Coast feel. I’d be willing to bet that E-40 approves of this Bay Area collaboration.

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Perhaps in an effort to indulge everyone’s inner-stalker, Made @Sweden will release the Yellow and Blue Pages, a comprehensive contact list for the top creatives who work in the country’s communication industry. Before the guide comes out on June 16 at Cannes, Made @Sweden is pumping up the publicity, taking out ad space in the festival’s program and daily newspaper to promote the literal and figurative open book. Take a second to focus on how European this it. I’d be stunned if American professionals did the same thing. Farfar alum/current McCann Europe chief innovation Matias Palm-Jensen, who may or may not be a character from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is even giving out the phone number to his summer home. I think Made @Sweden is underestimating how relentless and annoying people can be when given a chance to anonymously contact someone, but the openness is certainly refreshing in theory.

After the jump, you can also watch clips for Civil Rights Defenders and the Natalia Project, two ventures nominated at this year’s Cannes associated with the Made @Sweden creative academy.

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