Leslie Sims has become managing director, Deloitte Consulting LLP, and U.S. chief creative officer, serving as a central creative leader for all of Deloitte Digital, a creative digital consultancy. Sims will work across the entire business to integrate its creative capabilities, teaming with Deloitte Digital’s business strategy, design, technology and data talent to help clients across industries explore the breadth of possibilities and value creative can engender. 

Sims started her career as a copywriter before working her way up to be chief creative officer, first for Y&R, and then for Ogilvy, where she led the national creative vision for both agencies. In these roles, Sims created award-winning, transformative client work and was also named “Advertising Working Mother of the Year” by She Runs It. Sims has served on international award show juries such as the prestigious Grand Effie jury in 2018 and the Cannes Lions Titanium jury in 2019. She is board member of the One Club for Creativity and is also a Clemson University Erwin Center board member.

Sims’ experience setting and resetting the creative vision for Fortune 500 organizations like IBM, U.S. Navy, General Mills, Mastercard, Staples and more will help Deloitte Digital clients across the C-suite harness the power of creativity to develop brand-defining experiences.  

Sims’ appointment follows other Deloitte Digital recent hires like former McCann COO Rich Whalen, executive creative directors Milton Correa and Jones Krahl, and 600 and Rising founder Nathan Young. Sims will be working closely with chief design officer Nelson Kunkel, and Ayan Pal who’s chief creative officer in India.