Perry Essig joins TBWAChiatDay

Former EVP/executive creative director of Publicis, Perry Essig, is joining TBWAChiatDay NY to lead the creative on the agency’s global Accenture account. Based at Publicis for the last five years, Essig led the creative and award-winning campaigns for Citibank across all of its platforms. Prior to Publicis, he worked at Ogilvy with brands including AmEx and Kodak. At TBWA, Essig will work in partnership with Tony Bennet, global creative director, and closely with head of account management and global account lead for Accenture, Leigh Baker. He joins at a time that TBWA's James Cheung has recently been promoted to global creative director.