Fresh Faces and Rising Talent at FITCH Columbus

(Columbus, OH, September 2, 2014) Global retail and brand consultancy FITCH has announced a series of appointments and promotions at its largest North American office in Columbus.

Michael Brindley has been promoted to Creative Director from Design Director. Brindley has 20 years of retail design experience and worked with an extensive roster of brands including Michelin, Lincoln Service, Aveda, Best Buy and The Body Shop.

Iain Webster has been appointed Director of Client Services. Leading teams in Columbus and Seattle, Webster joins FITCH having spent nearly 20 years working in London, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates with agencies including The Brand Union and Saatchi & Saatchi.

Michael Stephenson joins the team as Associate Strategy Director from Big Red Rooster. In addition to leading brand experience strategy projects Stephenson will contribute to thought leadership at FITCH.

In the design studio, Suling Hsu and Carly Tysh have been promoted to Senior Designer positions. Tysh was recognized as one of VMSD’s Designer Dozen earlier this year.

The business development team welcomed Suzanne Ecker as Business Development Manager from digital agency, Resource, and Alana Thompson has been promoted to the role of Business Development Director.

Stephen Jay, Managing Director for North America says, “As FITCH continues to deliver bold thinking and seamless brand experiences, we seek the best talent to deliver for clients. These promotions and new hires advance our capabilities and strengthen the fabric of our teams in North America.”

For further information, contact: Alisa Caton, Alisa.Caton@fitch.com, [614-841-2031]

ABOUT FITCH

Designing the future. FITCH transforms consumer experience and accelerates business success. We deliver seamless solutions by combining the physical, human and digital elements of brands to create unique experience signatures.

FITCH is a leading global retail and brand consultancy with an integrated offer of strategy, design and implementation, which enables us to deliver across all touchpoints. We do this for clients that include adidas, B&Q, Brown-Forman, Dell, H&M, Philips, P&G and Sberbank. FITCH is a WPP company (NYSE).