Denomination: 3 key leadership appointments

Drinks design agency Denomination has made three key leadership appointments across the US, UK and Australian offices: boosting the agency’s capacity at a global scale.

Butler Looney (left) has been appointed as Executive Creative Director to Denomination’s US office. Previously he was VP, Creative Director at Headspace Health and prior to this, held the same role at Ginger, an on-demand mental healthcare company that then merged with Headspace. Throughout his career, at agencies such as Turner Duckworth and Sterling, he has worked with brands such as Coca-Cola, Hershey, and Fitbit.

Simon Gawn (middle), previously National General Manager at McCann, has been appointed Managing Director to Denomination’s Australian office. He also spent 10 years at Ogilvy in New York, London and Sydney and has built brands and campaigns for IBM, Coca Cola, Mastercard, Philips, Microsoft, eBay, and Amex.

Jonny Kearns (right), previously Associate Creative Director at Marks, has been appointed Creative Director to Denomination’s UK office. Kearns is an identity and packaging Creative Director, who has worked at several top design agencies, including Boundless, Identica, Bloom and his own agency, Carrousel. In 2016, he won a Pentaward for the “best 10 designs in 10 years” for Johnnie Walker Black Label Limited Edition for Russia.