LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- TBWA\Chiat\Day LA today announced that it has hired Linda Knight as Executive Creative Director. Linda will be working across several agency accounts including Miller Lite, and will join fellow agency ECD's Fabio Costa and Brent Anderson in reporting to Chief Creative Officer Stephen Butler.

"Linda is one of the most skillful and sought-after creative minds in our business, and we feel extremely privileged to have her join our creative leadership team," said Butler. "Her dynamic personality and breadth of experience will no doubt add extra strength to both out creative product and our culture."

Linda began her career in Australia before being hired by Wieden+Kennedy, where she spent almost a decade working in both the Portland and Amsterdam offices prior to starting her freelance career.

As a freelance writer and creative director, she has worked with a host of top-tier agencies, including R/GA, TBWA\Chiat\Day, TBWA\Media Arts Lab, Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi and CAA, and in several different countries including Australia, Europe, Japan, China, Brazil, Canada, Argentina, U.K. and the U.S.

Over the course of her career, Linda has created large-scale, multi-platform campaigns for brands such as Nike, adidas, Gatorade and Coca-Cola. She has also completed the coveted "sports trifecta" having created campaigns for the Super Bowl, the Olympics and the World Cup.

About TBWA\Chiat\Day LA
TBWA\Chiat\Day LA is a part of the TBWA Worldwide Network, a top ten ranked global advertising network that holds Disruption® at its core to develop business-changing ideas for the brands it works with. TBWA has 11,500 employees across 301 offices in 97 countries and also includes brands such as AUDITOIRE, BEING, Digital Arts Network (DAN), eg+ worldwide, The Integer Group®, TBWA\Media Arts Lab and TBWA\WorldHealth. TBWA's global clients include Accenture, adidas, Apple, Energizer, Gatorade, GSK, Henkel, McDonald's, Michelin, Nissan, Pernod Ricard, Pfizer, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Airlines, Sotheby's and Vichy. Follow TBWA on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook.

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