Bob appoints creative director from BD network as BD hires successor
Bob Marketing has appointed Neil Fleming as its new creative director.
Fleming joins from BD-Network where he was head of its Glasgow creative team.
Ward Mulvey, managing director of Bob, has been looking for a new creative director since the departure of Allan Nicholls in July, when he resigned from the Edinburgh-based agency.
Nicholls who worked alongside Mulvey at Draft Worldwide decided to take some time out in order to find “more flexibility” in his working environment.
Speaking of the appointment, Mulvey said: “We’re delighted to have Neil on-board. He’s someone who’s got a great deal of specialised below-the-line experience across a whole range of first-rate clients. I’m confident he will prove a real asset to what is an already highly-experienced team.”
Meanwhile, in an effort to fill the void made by Fleming’s departure BD-Network will bring in George Lyons at the beginning of next month as conceptual copywriter.
Lyons has recently returned from New York and has worked both above-the-line and below-the-line, as well as in the digital sector.
Lyons has worked in the States with a raft of high-profile clients, including Compaq, Shell, Direct Line, Morgan Stanley and Sky.
Before moving to New York, where he worked with Walrus and Mad Dogs and Englishmen, Lyons worked at Red Cell.
Steven Pearson, managing director of BD-Network Scotland, said: “George will bring strong conceptual acumen and the ability to bring that to life across multiple consumer touch points to ensure we continue to deliver impactful integrated thinking for our clients.”
It is also believed that the Scottish and London bases of the agency have been working more closely in recent times giving the agency access to each others creative resources.