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Category: Indie Talent

3 Agencies Just Told You Where They’re Headed Next

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Highdive, Born and Raised and Allen & Gerritsen made leadership hires this week that have nothing to do with filling vacancies

Employee Ownership Built This Agency — 111 Years Later, It’s Still the Foundation

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Doe-Anderson CEO John Birnsteel on investing your own money, keeping Maker’s Mark for 50 years and why the long view beats the quarterly panic

GYK Lands the Creative Who Made a Super Bowl Ad More Viral Than the Game

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Mark Philip’s Gatorade Snapchat moment got more views than kickoff—now he’s helping build the agency’s next chapter

The Prodigal Account Director Returns to Young & Laramore

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Adrienne Strange returns as first SVP, Chief Client Officer after a decade building national brands at GSD&M

The Creative Who Built a Grand Prix Winner Just Became INNOCEAN’s Global CEO

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Jung A Kim took the helm after 19 years shaping its identity

The Duo Behind Hingie’s Death Just Landed at Mythology

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Cat Gunderson and Elisa Werbler bring their brand-building instincts downtown

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