WPP-owned Wunderman Thompson has appointed Tom Murphy as chief creative officer of its North American operations.
Murphy joins Wunderman Thompson after an extensive 16-year spell at McCann’s New York offices, where he held a succession of creative leadership roles – culminating in chief creative officer. Murphy previously held senior roles at DDB Chicago and a pre-merger J. Walter Thompson.
During his time at McCann, Murphy worked with a range of major US brands including; Verizon, Mastercard, Microsoft, Ulta Beauty, Lysol, Mucinex, MGM Resorts, NY Lottery, USPS, and HomeGoods.
Murphy will be reporting in to CEO Audrey Melofchik, who commented: “Growth challenges facing clients today require an agency partner steeped in expertise across their entire ecosystem with creative firepower to ignite it in completely new ways.
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“From the moment I met Tom, I knew he was the perfect partner to lead Wunderman Thompson NA as we blaze a trail of inspiring creativity and growth with our client partners. He is an amazing thinker, leader and human being.”
Murphy himself added: “Wunderman Thompson has such a massive breadth of capabilities. When those capabilities meet creativity – they become superpowers.
“From my earliest conversations with Audrey and Bas, I sensed their ambition for the future of Wunderman Thompson North America. In our first call, I underlined two key words in my notebook: ambition and creativity. I could immediately tell we value the same things and will achieve great things together.”
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