Ben Bittman joins as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
07 JUL 2009
Saatchi & Saatchi New York announces that Benjamin Bittman has joined the New York office as Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer. Bittman most recently held the post of Global Network Director at M&C Saatchi in London. Previously, he was the Director of Marketing at TBWA Worldwide.
Mary Baglivo, CEO New York & Chairman & CEO, Americas at Saatchi & Saatchi notes: “We look forward to Ben's leadership as we accelerate our business development and agency marketing initiatives. His business acumen and broad experience will add depth and creativity to our senior team.”
“Ben transcends the traditional and has an exceptional track record at winning – he’s a perfect match for Saatchi,” adds Michael Zuna, Managing Director of Saatchi & Saatchi New York.
Bittman adds: "The Saatchi & Saatchi brand is top of mind even in the furthest corners of the world. The flagship office boasts incredible talent with tremendous potential and a newly restructured management team that I'd confidently put head to head with any agency on the planet."
About Benjamin Bittman
Benjamin began his career in 1998 at Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a global human capital consulting firm. In 2000, he was promoted to the role of East Region E-Vangelist; the regional director responsible for the strategic development of all e-communications efforts.
In 2001, Benjamin joined TBWA Worldwide as Strategist-Marketing & New Business. In 2003, he was promoted to Director of Marketing with responsibility for TBWA's brand across 239 offices in 79 countries.
In 2006, Benjamin was recruited by M&C Saatchi in London, the world's largest independent communications group, as the Global Network Director working across 16 offices in 11 countries. Day-to-day responsibilities included operations, new business, marketing, public relations and IT.
In 2008, Benjamin left M&C Saatchi to travel across Italy, Spain, France, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Peru, and Ecuador. To date, Benjamin has visited over 30 countries in six continents.
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About Saatchi & Saatchi
Saatchi & Saatchi NY is the largest agency in the 150-office Saatchi & Saatchi global network, part of Publicis Groupe, the world’s fourth largest communications group. It handles the Miller High Life, I Love NY Tourism Board and JCPenney businesses as well as over 40 #1 brands in its client portfolio, including: Tide, Pampers and Olay (Procter & Gamble); Pillsbury and Cheerios (General Mills); Theraflu and Triaminic (Novartis). The agency represents clients with combined annual revenues of approximately $500 billion and market capitalization of approximately $650 billion.
Saatchi & Saatchi is known for its outstanding creative ideas that generate powerful emotional connections between consumers and products. This is a key element in Lovemarks, Saatchi & Saatchi’s unique methodology for elevating the status of brands created to create "loyalty beyond reason" and "inspirational consumers."
