Independent agency St Luke’s has promoted its executive creative director Rich Denney to the newly created role of joint creative officer.
Denny will join partner and chief creative officer Al Young and creative partner Jules Vizard in continuing to work on clients such as Heineken, Diageo, Ocado, Heathrow and Southwestern Railway.
St Luke’s has told Campaign Live that the appointment comes as part of a restructure “to drive growth and to continue to improve the agency’s creative output”, as well as a recognition of Denney’s work for the company.
The new executive creative director joined the agency in 2017 after leaving creative agency MullenLowe where he held the role of executive creative director also.
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Young said that Denney has “an infectious positivity” and that he “thoroughly deserves his promotion”.
“This shines through in his campaigns for the likes of Butterkist, ipaper and Dole – receiving creative accolades in the UK and globally,” Young added.
“He generated our much lauded #SHN campaign, and creatively led numerous pitch wins including the much-coveted Heathrow Airport, that is already producing much-admired work. He thoroughly deserves his promotion, and I’m proud to announce his new role as joint CCO.”
Denney added that he looks forward to “working closely with Al, Neil and the management team to develop and grow the creative output and agency further”.
