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Ward Rejoins McCann Family after 15 Years at Doner Detroit
McCann Worldgroup announced that James Ward has been hired to serve in the role of President, McCann Detroit. Ward joins from Doner Detroit, where he has held a number of senior roles over the last 15 years, most recently as Chief Strategy Officer.
“James has an insatiable energy and drive which is infectious and, aligned with his breadth of experience in strategy, business development and leadership, makes him the perfect addition to our Detroit Team. He will be a great partner for our clients in one of our most important agencies in North America,” said Chris Macdonald, President of McCann Worldgroup North America.
Ward grew up in New York, Miami and Amsterdam and studied marketing and management at Georgetown University. After graduation, he took a job in the account management team at the company‘s New York office, where he spent 11 years, rising to the role of Group Account Director. He left in 2003 to join Doner in Detroit.
Ward has worked with some of the world’s largest global brands across categories that include beverages, pharmaceutical, technology, luxury goods, retail, fast food, financial and CPG.
“I’m so happy to be rejoining the company family. They are truly the standard bearer for what an agency network should be in this era of modern brand building. And with the cultural and commercial renaissance going on in Detroit right now, there is this incredible sense of possibility. No better context for an agency to do great things for their clients’ brands,” said Ward.
The company’s agencies in North America, which include New York, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, have enjoyed consistent growth and industry recognition over the past five years. Its agencies were named Adweek Agency of the Year for 2017; on Ad Age’s Agency A-List for 2016, 2017 and 2018; and as Cannes’ North American Agency of the Year in 2016 and 2017, amongst many other national, regional and global honours.
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