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In a world of AI-generated marketing, where’s the Creative Director?

Nick Ursborne

As a budding young copywriter in the early 1980s, I worked with an art director as my partner, and our work was overseen by the agency’s creative director. Creative directors were at the top of the pile in Creative Departments. They shaped the overall creative output of the agency.

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A Novel Approach to the Challenges of Our Profession

Copywriter Collective

Having spent 16 years as an agency copywriter/creative director, 13 as a freelancer, and 10 as a copywriting professor, many of my personal experiences turn up in the career of the boomer character, Ted Canby. Freelancers feel the threat less than agency staffers, but it still exists — and, to some extent, it’s justified.

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People Round-Up, Early June 2023

Publishing Trends

VP, creative director at Harper Children’s Barbara Fitzsimmons is retiring on June 30. Jennifer Weis has launched The Weis Agency , based in New York City. Weis was a senior agent at Ross Yoon Agency , which was recently acquired by WME , and previously executive editor at St. She was at Olswanger Literary Agency.

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People Round Up, Early January, 2024

Publishing Trends

Jenny Davis has been named creative director, leading the newly created illustrated design team, at the Random House Publishing Group. She will report to SVP, creative director Paolo Pepe. He succeeds David Marshall , who is retiring after 17 years at the company.

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People Round Up, Mid April, 2024

Publishing Trends

At Tin House Books , Masie Cochran has been named publisher and editorial director, after serving as interim publisher since last October. In Agency News… At The Book Group , Caitlin O’Shaughnessy has joined in the new hybrid role of director of strategy & business development, literary agent, starting in June.

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

Lisa Beech joins Nelson Books as Director of Publicity; previously, she was Associate Director of Publicity at WaterBrook & Multnomah. Erin Fitzsimmons joins Sourcebooks as Senior Art Director for Fiction. In agency news… Ann Rose , formerly of Prospect Agency , joins The Tobias Agency as Literary Agent.

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People Round Up, Early April, 2024

Publishing Trends

In Agency News… At WME , Eve Attermann has been promoted to partner in the books department. At Storm Literary Agency , Sheila Fernley has joined as an associate agent. At Tobias Literary Agency , Danai Christopoulou has been promoted to assistant literary agent. Chin-Yee Lai is promoted to creative director.