Ari Weiss elevated as Chief Creative Officer, DDB Worldwide

Ari Weiss has been promoted to the role of Chief Creative Officer of DDB Worldwide. Britt Nolan has been named his successor and Chief Creative Officer for DDB North America.

"As a global agency network that bears Bill Bernbach's name and believes that creativity is the most powerful force in business, it's critical to have leaders who constantly champion, provoke and expand creativity in all of its forms, potential and impact," said Wendy Clark, Chief Executive Officer, DDB Worldwide. "Ari's career is best characterized as doing just that. Under his creative leadership the last two years, our North America region has seen a resurgence in business-impacting, award-winning work and high-caliber creative recruiting. I couldn't be more excited to work together again on a global scale."

Weiss joined DDB in 2016, nearly a year after Clark was appointed North America CEO of the Omnicom network. As part of the resurgence, Weiss has led the region to a total of 38 Lions and is perhaps best known for campaigns like "The Flip" for McDonald's, where the iconic "M" arches were flipped to a "W" for International Women's Day; and "Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical" for Mars Wrigley Confectionery. The one-night-only show premiered on Broadway during Super Bowl Sunday in place of a TV ad during the game.

These campaigns helped secure DDB Worldwide as the No. 2 Most Creative Network of the Year at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity and the No. 1 Most Creative Network of the Year at One Show and D&AD for 2019.

Nolan will take over responsibilities for DDB North America's creative leadership as the region's new Chief Creative Officer following Weiss. He joins from Leo Burnett, where he spent 10 years, most recently as co-President and Chief Creative Officer of the Chicago office. While there, Nolan oversaw work that won more than 50 Cannes Lion Awards and many more across international shows, including the Effies, the One Show and the Clios.