Dana Fahey Valdes has joined Grey as executive director, creative talent. She will report to John Patroulis, Grey’s worldwide chief creative officer and be based at Grey’s New York flagship office.

In her new post, Valdes will lead Grey’s growing creative management team which includes creative recruitment, resource management and creative culture initiatives.

Patroulis said, “Dana brings a tremendous track record of success in building creative organizations. She will help us continue to attract the best talent in the world, give the great talent we possess more ownership over their ideas and create the environment and expectation for everyone to do the best work of their careers.”

Valdes brings more than 15 years of experience recruiting top talent, advocating for creative and helping to balance business demands with creative goals. Her experience spans both world-class networks and creative hot-shop start-ups. She has worked at CP+B, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Barton F. Graf, Saatchi & Saatchi and F&P.  In 2013, she co-founded and ran her own independent creative recruiting company in New York, building relationships and placing international talent.