Jamie King and Joy Schwartz were named co-presidents of Euro RSCG Chicago. King returns to Chicago from serving as president/CEO of Publicis & Hal Riney San Francisco. Schwartz was promoted from executive director.
They report to Ron Bess, Euro Chicago CEO and North America COO, the architect of Euro RSCG Chicago’s dramatic double-digit growth over the past several years.
King started his career and spent a decade at Leo Burnett developing strategic programs. He joined LB Works as COO where he worked closely with Steffan Postaer, now Euro’s chairman and chief creative officer.
In 2005 King joined Publicis & Hal Riney as managing director with business development responsibility. Two years later he became president and CEO where helped win Beam Global Spirits, SanDisk and Wal-Mart for the agency.