NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- John Patroulis, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer
of Grey, today announced that Justine
Armour is joining the agency's New
York flagship office as Chief Creative Officer.
Justine Armour becomes Grey's
first New York Chief Creative
Officer since 2017. She will help set and implement the
creative vision, oversee all creative development, spearhead the
recruitment of top talent and guide new business creative efforts,
working closely with John
Patroulis.
Michael Houston, Worldwide CEO of
Grey Group, said, "We are delighted to welcome Justine to Grey New
York. She is bringing her unique creative talents to help our
clients build some of the world's strongest brands. Her work
sells, entertains and becomes part of the cultural conversation in
tune with our 'Famously Effective' philosophy. Her arrival
underscores our ongoing investment in assembling the best bench of
creative leaders in the world."
Justine Armour: One of
Advertising's Most-Lauded Creatives
One of advertising's most-lauded creatives, Justine Armour has worked in Brisbane, Sydney, Portland and Brooklyn. She has spent the
last three years at 72andSunny becoming Executive Creative
Director, leading the creative department and overseeing clients
such as General Mills, Diageo, Spotify, Trojan and Halo Top.
Earlier in her career, Armour spent five years at
Wieden+Kennedy. She helped reinvent iconic brands like
Chrysler, Dodge, Old Spice, Secret and Herbal Essences and drove
market place success.
She began her career in Australia at McCann Erickson Brisbane; cut her
teeth working on CPG accounts such as Masterfoods, Frito Lay, Pepsi Co as well as Visa and
Mitsubishi at Clemenger BBDO Sydney; oversaw multiple Procter &
Gamble brands at Saatchi & Saatchi
Sydney and worked on Qantas, Coke, PayPal, Nestlé and Toyota
at Publicis Mojo Sydney before coming to the United States.
"Justine brings a deeply impressive creative pedigree, a
reputation for work that's famous in the world as well as in the
industry, and a thoroughly modern approach to leadership,"
John Patroulis said. "Not every
great creative becomes a great creative leader – Justine has proven
again and again, on big brands and at great agencies, that she's
both. She's a special talent - a smart, funny and generous human -
and we're thrilled she's joining Grey New York at a such an
exciting time."
Justine Armour said, "I've been
watching with interest at Grey's reinvention over the past couple
of years. When they committed 75% of their talent investment to
creative, I thought that was radical and I was curious to see how
it would play out. Since then, I've seen good people going in, and
I've seen really nice work coming out. I will be a force for
continuing that momentum as we start a brand new decade
together."
This move follows others that show Grey's commitment to bringing
best-in-class talent to the agency. Recent hires include
Javier Campopiano as Chief Creative
Officer, Grey Europe & Global Clients and Cory Berger as Worldwide Chief Marketing
Officer.
About Grey
Grey is the advertising network of Grey Group, which ranks among
the largest global communications companies. Its parent
company Is WPP (NYSE: WPP). Under the banner of "Grey Famously
Effective Since 1917" the agency serves a blue-chip roster of many
of the world's best known companies: Procter & Gamble,
GlaxoSmithKline, Kellogg's, Pfizer, Canon, Marriott Hotels &
Resorts, Nestlé, Bose, Google, Volvo, Applebee's, and T.J.
Maxx. In recent years, Grey has been named ADWEEK'S "Global
Agency of the Year" twice; ADVERTISING AGE's "Agency of the Year"
and CAMPAIGN magazine's "Global Network of the Year" in
recognition of its creative and business performance
(www.grey.com)
Contact: Owen J.
Dougherty
212-546-2551
owen.dougherty@grey.com
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