Hogarth, the WPP global creative content production company, has hired Kate Johnson as strategy director. She will be responsible for growing the strategic offering, as well as managing the social strategy team. Johnson will report into Ivan Mason, chief strategy officer.
A seasoned strategist with over two decades of specialist expertise in communication planning, brand positioning, and crafting compelling, data-driven customer experiences, Johnson has worked with assorted clients, including Samsung, Virgin, Canon, GSK, BMW, BT, Pringles, Kellogg’s, Vodafone, John Lewis, Waitrose, Visa, AMEX, Nivea, Four Seasons Hotels, Lexus, Fiat, Stellantis and Cybersource, Nestle,
“To truly meet our clients’ demands, we must continue to exploit the benefits of cutting-edge data and technology to generate and deliver work that genuinely connects, both at pace and scale. Kate’s extensive experience will be instrumental in helping us execute this vision,” said Mason.
Johnson stated, “Joining Hogarth is an exciting new chapter for me. I am eager to collaborate with the talented teams, and I am looking forward to developing new strategic frameworks that will help shape Hogarth as it continues to innovate and grow.”
Prior to joining Hogarth, Johnson was freelancing through her own strategy company. Before that, she was at Digitas (Publicis Groupe) for four-and-a-half years.
Full Lineup Set For AFI Fest; Official Selections Span 44 Countries, Include 9 Best International Feature Oscar Submissions
The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the full lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 23-27. Rounding out the slate of already announced titles are such highlights as September 5 directed by Tim Fehlbaum, All We Imagine As Light directed by Payal Kapadia, The Luckiest Man in America directed by Samir Oliveros (AFI Class of 2019), Zurawski v. Texas from executive producers Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence and directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault, and Oh, Canada directed by Paul Schrader (AFI Class of 1969). A total of 158 films are set to screen at the 38th edition of AFI Fest.
Of the official selections, 48% are directed by women and non-binary filmmakers and 26% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers.
Additional festival highlights include documentaries Architecton directed by Victor Kossakovsky; Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie directed by David Bushell; Devo directed by Chris Smith about the legendary new wave provocateurs; Gaucho Gaucho directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Group Therapy directed by Neil Berkeley with Emmy® winner Neil Patrick Harris and Tig Notaro; No Other Land directed by a Palestinian-Israeli team comprised of Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal; Pavements directed by Alex Ross Perry; and Separated directed by Errol Morris. Notable narrative titles include Black Dog (Gou Zen) directed by Guan Hu; Bonjour Tristesse directed by Durga Chew-Bose with Academy Award® nominee Chloë Sevigny; Caught By The Tides directed by Jia Zhangke; Hard Truths directed by Mike Leigh with... Read More