Mr. Weiss, who has been with BBH for nearly six years, was
promoted from executive creative director to
chief creative offficer for New York in January 2015, a role
previously held by Mr. Patroulis. To fill Mr. Weiss' spot, Mr.
Patroulis will permanently resume his former chief creative officer
duties while continuing to serve as chairman.
"This has the benefit of creating a simpler leadership structure
- creative/strategist/account - which has worked out pretty well
for BBH throughout its nearly 35-year history," wrote Mr. Patroulis
in the note to staff.
He added in the memo: "And while we're obviously sorry to see
these two go, with our current great stable of talent (meaning, you
know, YOU) we're excited to see where this next step takes us."
Mr. Lafferty, Mr. Weiss and representatives from BBH were not
immediately available for comment.
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At the beginning of the year, BBH announced that
Pelle Sjoenell, formerly exec creative director of the agency's
Los Angeles office, stepped up to the post of worldwide chief
creative officer. The global chief creative officer role was
previously held by
Alexandre Gama, who left the agency in January to focus more
closely on his own shop, the Publicis Groupe-owned Neogama, among
other projects.
BBH has been experiencing an exodus of sorts, primarily at its
London headquarters, which has seen the departure of key execs
including former Managing Mel Exon, Deputy Exec Creative Directors
Rosie Arnold and Caroline Pay and Joint Strategy Officers Jonathan
Bottomley and Jason Gonsalves.
Elsewhere, BBH's regional office in Singapore announced that
Executive Creative Director Scott McClelland will return to his
native Australia at the beginning of 2017. Joakim "Jab" Borgstrom,
a group creative director at BBH London, is moving to Singapore in
November to replace him.