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Cheil USA Announces Timothy Bruns as Executive Creative Director
| Source: Cheil USA Inc.
RIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ--(Marketwire - February 3, 2009) - Cheil USA Inc., the North American
Regional Headquarters of Cheil Worldwide, today announced the appointment
of Timothy Bruns as Executive Creative Director. He will oversee all North
American creative efforts, which includes the United States, Canada and
Mexico.
With over 20 years of creative experience, Bruns has held senior creative
positions at TBWA\Chiat\Day, Atmosphere BBDO and Avenue A | Razorfish.
Most recently, Bruns was with Draftfcb as EVP, Executive Creative Director,
overseeing the creative development and spearheading the digital discipline
for all accounts, including CA, Hampton Inn, HP, Jamaica Tourism, MetLife,
Motorola, and Reliant.
Michael Kim, President of Cheil USA, said, "North America is an important
market in Cheil's expansion strategy, and Timothy will be pivotal in
leading our creative initiatives here on all fronts. His expertise in both
digital and traditional marketing will be an enormous addition to our
creative team and will help to catapult our efforts to provide fully
integrated solutions to our clients. At the same time," he added, "you can
anticipate seeing more exciting and bold moves by Cheil in 2009."
Jennifer Friedberg, who joined Cheil USA as General Manager in September
2008, said, "This is an exciting time for Cheil. Timothy has impressed us
with his tremendous energy, creativity and prowess in leading diverse teams
to drive exceptional results across disciplines. His vision will be a
great asset to our team and expand our capabilities for our clients. I
look forward to working with Timothy to continue actively building the
Cheil team."
Late last year Cheil Worldwide
announced a strategic partnership with London-based Beattie McGuinness
Bungay (BMB). The partnership enables both companies to serve a wide range
of new clients on a global basis. BMB will develop a 'micro-network' over
the coming few years with the first international office being launched in
New York in 2009.
About Cheil USA
Established in 1992, Cheil USA Inc., is the North American Regional
Headquarters of Cheil Worldwide -- the 16th largest advertising agency in
the world and headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Based in Ridgefield
Park, New Jersey, Cheil USA has locations in Dallas, Texas; Toronto,
Canada; and Mexico City, Mexico. Through Passion for Ideas and Idea
Engineering, Cheil Worldwide is a full-service communications agency
specializing in advertising, interactive, promotions, media, and event
marketing.
For additional information, please contact KC Choi at kyungc@ccaworld.com
or (201) 229-4791.