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Brian Lesser, currently global chief executive of Group M, joined from InfoSum in September 2024.

Judy John, global chief creative officer at Edelman, is jury president.

HelloStudio builds on Very's retail media offer, launched in 2024.

The previously independent brand experience agency has offices in London, LA, Paris, New York and Sydney.

The campaign was created by VCCP, featuring a 60-second film directed by Sam Pilling through Magna Studios.

The campaign was created by Truant.

UK COO Sophie Wooller and UK chief executive Jon King departed after Croud sold a majority stake to private equity investor ECI.

Simon Crunden will now focus on his Freethinking Group role.

Leo Burnett, VCCP and Pablo were in the top three.

Campaign catches up with winners from the night to discuss whether something akin to an 'Oscars curse' exists in advertising and how agencies stay at the top of their game.

Welcome to Campaign's weekly round-up of the hires, departures and promotions across the industry.

The rebrand was handled by The Elephant Room.

The campaign was created by PepsiCo's in-house agency Sips & Bites.

The publication has also launched an AI-assisted news bulletin.

The campaign was created by VML.

Creatives critique March's batch of ads.

Campaign was created by FCB London.

Tiffany Rolfe and Nick Pringle talk to Campaign about the critical relationship between creativity and AI.

The campaign to mark World Autism Day, created by Don't Panic, features a father and daughter with autism.