Sorry for the delay, folks, but it’s been somewhat of a busy week in Wieden + Kennedy’s world as the agency has followed up the launch of its new, John C. Jay-led unit dubbed W+K Garage with the formation a new global management team. Perhaps most notably, W+K’s latest move signals the arrival of Colleen DeCourcy (pictured), who started up her own social media-focused design shop, Socialistic, over two years ago, but has now joined up with W+K to take on role of global co-executive creative director.

Her fellow global co-ECD is Mark Fitzloff, who’s spent 13 years at W+K and the last five as executive creative director at the agency’s Portland HQ, leading creative on Old Spice among other accounts. Replacing him as ECD in Portland will be Joe Staples, who’s spent over eight years within the W+K network and will now partner with fellow lead creatives Susan Hoffman and Tom Blessington.

Along with the new ECD appointments, W+K global COO Dave Luhr will assume the role of president while agency co-founder Dan Wieden will become chairman of its global management team. In a statement regarding the management moves, Wieden says, “I don’t think we’ve ever had a chairman, but now I [am] one—albeit an active one.  Between Dave and Mark, we have 40 years of proven W+K experience, respect and leadership. This level of talent and experience gave me the confidence to search outside the agency to find a third global management team member with digital expertise. Colleen brings an energy and a knowledge base that is second to none. I am convinced that our next 30 years are going to be pretty damn exciting.”

During her career, DeCourcy has also spent a few years as CCO at Organic, chief digital officer at TBWA and chief experience officer at JWT.

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Wieden + Kennedy creative lead John C. Jay, who has been with the Portland-based agency for two decades and currently serves as global ECD/partner, has been appointed as lead for a new unit dubbed W+K Garage, which we’ve been told “will serve as a multidisciplinary creative agency for the connected age, focused on the concepting, creating and investing in innovative experiences, content and technology.”

Agency namesake/co-founder Dan Wieden says this in a statement: “When a man has a vision it is best to help him realize it. This is John Jay unleashed. W+K Garage is for clients who seek a more personal, one on one relationship with one of the industries most celebrated creative minds. John’s connections are deep and worldwide. As is his ability to scour the globe and pull together the perfect team for the challenge at hand. I have never seen the man more energized.”

The “energized” senior creative joined W+K in 1993, subsequently working on accounts including Nike, Microsoft and Coca-Cola while also helping launch the agency’s Tokyo office nearly 15 years ago. We’ve been told by the W+K camp that the “Garage” offices will be based in Portland but there is also salon space in NYC. In addition, we’re getting word that there will be new hires and discussions are underway with potential clients, though the agency has yet to confirm a roster at this point in time.

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Out with November’s Sandy-themed brief, in with December’s as the folks behind the 30-and-under creative competition, Young Glory, have revealed details of this month’s installment, which features Jim Riswold as judge and jury. Riswold, who has taken on a new career as a contemporary artist (or “fake artist” as he puts it) in recent years, is perhaps best known from his days at W+K (he was Dan Wieden‘s first copywriter) as the creative force behind classic Nike campaigns including the Spike Lee/Mars Blackmon work and “Bo Knows.”

Well, it’s now the noted former adman’s turn to send out his Young Glory brief. According to Riswold himself, he’s “never been one for long briefs,” so his simply states, “Islam has an image problem… Fix it… With a poster.” You can read the rest of his note to you the Young Glory entrants here, view round 1 student winners here and professional winners here. You have til the end of the month, contestants, have at it.

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-W+K co-namesake Dan Wieden will be honored with the “Lion of St. Mark” at this year’s Cannes Lions.

-While the Queen’s Jubilee has drawn to a close, let’s reflect with McCann London’s limited edition musical Branston Pickle jar (above).

-Best Buy founder Richard Schulze has resigned as chairman and director a little earlier than planned. link

-Disney has banned junk food ads on its TV channels, radio stations and websites. link

-Aegis Group has undergone a little leadership change. link

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While Tait’s only been with W+K since 2010, having joined from his shop Poke London, Blessington’s racked up 21 years at the agency, during which time he ran the Nike accounts in Portland and Amsterdam and served as the first managing director of the agency’s New York office. As for Christie, he’s served as W+K London’s managing director since 2004 while Fitzloff started as a copywriter at the agency back in 1999.

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Maybe Kiran and I are just going crazy, but we were scanning through the recently announced 2011 CLIO Shortlist and noticed one glaring omission – Old Spice. “No freaking way,” we said in unison, he in New York and I in Chicago, reaching for our nearest bottles of liquor and highest-powered magnifying glasses (which come stock with every mediabistro.com job).

Where could it be? Where could W+K’s shining gem of 21st century advertising perfection be hiding? It didn’t make the cut in the “Innovative” or “Integrated” categories. Apparently, “Questions” only seems to get acknowledgement in the Film direction category, right alongside Dos Equis’ “Most Interesting Man in the World” and Allstate’s “Mayhem,” but that’s only a nod for prodco MJZ. But zilch for W+K, you say?  Dan Wieden, are you going to stand for this?

Anyway, the CLIOS will take place on May 19 in New York, and Y&R, BBDO, Leo Burnett and Ogilvy lead the shortlist with the most nominations. Also, we’ll see the Lifetime Achievement Award go to the prolific Joe Pytka, best known for his work on McDonald’s “Nothing But Net,” Nike’s “Bo Knows” and that silly “This is Your Brain on Drugs” spot. Check out more show info here.

Update: Looks like commenter Crispincat hit it on the nose. From the CLIOs official Twitter account: “W&K did not enter the Old Spice campaign this year.”

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Along with Doria, who will serve as ECD at W+K’s Brazilian operation, André Gustavo Soares will take on the post of managing director in Sao Paulo. Soares has spent the past three years as account services director at F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi and previously served as the Asia/Amet regional category director for Unilever at JWT Bangkok. In a statement, W+K namesake and global ECD Dan Wieden says the agency’s nabbed “two of the world’s best to open this office,” adding, “One more to go and the leadership team will take to their desks in earnest.”

The Sao Paulo branch marks the eighth office in Wieden + Kennedy’s global network.

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-Reminder: The ADC Gallery is playing host tonight to a convo between Jeff Goodby, Dan Wieden and David Kennedy. link

-The McRib is back! And now, the artery-clogger comes with a contest! link

-The L.A. Dodgers sue over a Brooklyn burger joint’s logo. link

-Mark Zuckerberg finds time during Facebook’s mobile event today to dis the iPad. link

-The ASA is at it again, banning a “misleading” ad following a Unilever complaint. link

-A “communications professional” lists five ways to win the big pitch. link

-Princeton, NJ-based digital firm Rosetta nabbed interactive AOR duties for Helzberg Diamonds. link

-Samsung debuts display ads on YouTube’s mobile site. link

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-Sears gets into the Halloween spirit. link

-Philip Man and Ed Tsue were promoted to planning directors at BBH China.

-Create the Group co-founder/ex-CCO Tony King started his own shop called, you guessed it, King. link

-W+K namesakes Dan Wieden and David Kennedy will have a conversation on Nov. 3 at the ADC Gallery that will be moderated by Jeff Goodby. link

-Facebook reaches 62 percent of online Americans. link

-AOL plans to roll out its Project Devil ad units on non-AOL sites. link

-CNNMoney.com breaks down the brands of Mad Men. link

-Saatchi & Saatchi NY has been tasked with developing and implementing a social media campaign that targets obesity. link

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