22 May 2013
| by Priyanka Mehra Dayal
Grand Visual has hired Ben Putland as production director and Jeremy Taylor as account director.
Microsoft is touting its next generation Xbox One console as the "ultimate all in one home entertainment system", but the jury is out on whether it will prove quite as revolutionary as the brand hopes.
Jamie's Italian, the Jamie Oliver restaurant group, has hired Karmarama as its first advertising agency, after a three-way pitch against Antidote and CheethamBell JWT.
Delivery Hero, the company that owns a network of food delivery websites, is looking for an ad agency to work on its brands in Europe.
Bauer Media UK has promoted Abby Carvosso, managing director of lifestyle and advertising, to the position of group managing director of London Lifestyle, with responsibility for its London-based magazines.
Luta, the Brazilian sportswear brand that gives half its profits to charity, has drafted in Diffusion as it takes to the global stage.
22 May 2013
| by Kate Magee
Paul Melody, a key lieutenant of Matthew Freud, is leaving Freud Communications after 18 years at the agency.
Amazon has moved its global media account into Interpublic Group agency Initiative, after a final pitch against incumbent Mindshare and its sister Group M agency, MediaCom.
Helen Weisinger, the group chief marketing officer at EDC, is to leave the business at the end of May, as the responsibility for new business and marketing falls back to the group's individual agencies.
Lexis has bolstered its CSR and sustainability practice with two senior hires.