BBH London has hired Neil Clarke and Jay Phillips as creative directors. The pair will join the agency later this month. Clarke and Phillips will work across all BBH London accounts and report into executive creative director Helen Rhodes and global & UK chief creative officer Alex Grieve. 
 
Clarke and Phillips are moving to BBH London from AMV BBDO where they were creative directors as well as global creative leads on Mars Petcare and Meta Reality Labs. Previously, they have also been creative leads on Samsung, HP and The V&A Museum of Childhood. Their recent work includes launching a global brand platform for Whiskas and introducing Grandparents Day in the U.K. for Facebook Portal, which brought two million-plus grandparents closer to their grandchildren during lockdown.

Clarke and Phillips’ work has been recognized globally and won over 100 international awards, including Cannes Lions, D&AD and British Arrows. They also recently picked up YouTube’s Campaign of the year award for Sheba. Their award-winning work includes HP’s Super Bowl spot “Brothers”; “Elton John” for Snickers; “Date Night” for TalkTalk; and “Pink Kittens” for the Department of Transport’s Think! campaign.
 
Prior to joining AMV BBDO in 2014, Clarke and Phillips were creative directors at The&Partnership, where they produced “Charge” for Samsung with director Romain Gavras and launched The Prince’s Trust “Tomorrow’s Store” in London--a project that helped reduce U.K. youth unemployment.
 
Earlier in their careers, Clarke and Phillips worked at McCann Erickson London, creating award-winning campaigns for American Airlines, Xbox and Heinz, as well as winning the Cannes Young Lions award. 
 
BBH London ECD Rhodes said, “Neil and Jay are a bloody impressive duo. They’re all about the work, uncompromising when it comes to the craft, hugely caring with creative teams and extremely lovely to boot. I can’t wait to work with them, be inspired by them and have a lot of fun along the way.”