Hapa Represents · Intel for our production partners
Who moved, what shot, who's pitching, and what's open in commercial production. Pulled from the trades, cut down to what matters, twice a week.
Roll012
DateThu · Nov 5
CoversNov 2–4
Who moved
8- Tom Schwenger succeeds Dana Maiman at the top of Omnicom Health. Maiman is leaving the network.
- Andrés Ordóñez promoted to global chairman of McCann.
- James Taylor named TBWA\Media Arts Lab's first global chief design officer. He came from JKR.
- Jenny Danzi named CMO of Liquid I.V. She was at poppi.
- Amy Weisenbach leaves the New York Times as CMO to join Coursera.
- Deliece Knights-Barnett joins Jack Morton as chief people officer.
- Dave Pickles returns to The Trade Desk and joins its CTO Council.
- Jill Hazelbaker leaves Uber to run corporate affairs at OpenAI.
New work
19 spots with credits| Brand · spot | Agency | Director | Production co. |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lewis · Christmas, Kristin Scott Thomas ↗ | — | — | — |
| Sainsbury's · Christmas, The BFG ↗ | New Commercial Arts | Sam Brown | Rogue Films |
| Argos · Christmas, Richard Ayoade ↗ | The&Partnership | Declan Lowney | — |
| Tesco Ireland · Christmas ↗ | BBH Dublin | Elliott Power | — |
| Facebook · Megan Thee Stallion ↗ | Droga5 | Olivia De Camps | SMUGGLER |
| Microsoft Surface · "Mama Bear" ↗ | Droga5 | Curry Barker | — |
| Boots · Christmas ↗ | WPP | Phoebe Arnstein | Biscuit Filmworks |
| Lebara · capybara ↗ | — | Jeff Low | Biscuit Filmworks |
| Levi's · claymation yeti ↗ | Client direct | Stevie Gee + Essy May | Blinkink |
| KAY Jewelers · Colin Jost ↗ | The Martin Agency | — | — |
| The Warehouse · Christmas ↗ | — | David Robinson-Smith | Good Oil |
| Thatchers · first Christmas ad ↗ | — | — | Aardman |
| Sports Direct × Nike · Erling Haaland ↗ | — | — | — |
| Nordstrom · Christmas musical ↗ | — | — | — |
| Asda · Christmas ↗ | — | — | — |
| Tally Hall · music video ↗ | — | Andrew Laurich | — |
| e.l.f. Cosmetics · holiday, Alan Cumming VO ↗ | — | — | — |
| Calvin Klein · Jude Bellingham ↗ | — | — | — |
| SharkNinja · holiday, David Beckham ↗ | — | — | — |
Also out: Gap holiday choir, Jackson 5 cover, Kaniva imperfect pets, Spiris, Ben Cohen's guerrilla push to free Ben & Jerry's.
Pharma pulse
3- FDA flags Vanda's James Bond-style Nereus ad over misleading safety and efficacy claims.
- FDA sends Amgen a warning letter over a Vectibix promotional video.
- Arcutis / Zoryve signs Simone Biles for "Skin to Believe In," on seborrheic dermatitis and eczema.
Pitches & business
6- ProductionHolding companies pulling production into in-house hubs (WPP's east London site among them) is squeezing independent studios.
- SVEDKA hands its next Super Bowl ad to the public after its polarizing AI debut. $500K prize, Andy Cohen judging.
- Publicis closes its $2.2 billion LiveRamp deal.
- LV8 + Mirage merge and take a private equity round to build a creators agency.
- CTV overtakes cable in political ad spend for the first time in a midterm.
- Mark Green, Droga5 global CEO and co-founder of The Monkeys, has died at 53.
Signings
8- Amma Asante joins Snapper Films.
- Kitalé Wilson joins ELEANOR for the US and UK.
- Arthur Couvat joins FIELD UNIT.
- Lucas Ansel signs with Hornet.
- Femke Huurdeman joins Reverie.
- Lachlan Dickie signs with GreaterGood for US commercials.
- Christjan Jordan joins Cut+Run as editor and partner.
- Tobias Suhm signs with MakeMake (editor).
Dates & deadlines
2- Kinsale Sharks Design: entry deadline extended to Nov 9.
- Immortal Awards 2026: Canada Winners Night Nov 10 (Toronto), US Winners Night Nov 12 (New York).