Publicis hires Lea

Publicis Groupe welcomes Alex Lea as ECD.

He will oversee the Walmart account and work with other agencies underneath the Publicis Groupe umbrella, such as Saatchi NY, who’s office he will actually be based out of.

Lea will report to Saatchi NY Chief Creative Officer, Javier Campopiano and Publicis NY Chief Creative Officer, Andy Bird.

Prior to this, Lea was group creative director at Grey New York and ECD at Erwin Penland and Co. He has also enjoyed stints at Droga5 and CPB, garnering a wide range of work across the financial, apparel, technology and packaged goods sectors.