By Rebecca Stewart

His promotion follows the announcement that former head of creative strategy, Ed Beard, is to join DigitasLBi-owned Kitcatt Nohr in the same role.

Howell began his career as a copywriter and held several client-side marketing roles for the Financial Times and Relx groups before becoming a journalist. He joined DigitasLBi in 2010 from New Media Age, where he was deputy editor.

In his new post he will lead the consultancy’s diverse creative strategy team and report to Fern Miller, chief strategy and insight officer of DigitasLBI’s international markets.

Of the appointment, Miller asserted: “I’m delighted to see Nic stepping into this role. Read full story ›

Source: The Drum