72andSunny Bolsters New York Leadership with Head of Creative Juliana Cobb

72andSunny has boosted its New York leadership team with the addition of multi-award-winning creative leader Juliana Cobb as executive creative director, taking the reins and adding to the agency’s top team and creative firepower.

Juliana, who joins from an illustrious run as an ECD at Droga5 New York, will lead and set the vision for the creative department, while helping to grow 72andSunny’s New York office, both in terms of culture as well as roster of clients.

In an eight-year run at Droga5, Juliana led breakthrough work for major brands including Prudential, Blue Apron, Pinterest and Chase, and most recently the award-winning global Huggies campaign 'We Got You, Baby.' “I’ve never been an ad guy, “ says Juliana, “I never got the formal ad school training a lot of people did, so my true north always has to be ‘is it the truth and does it feel special’. I’m drawn to work like that and the places that create it.” Juliana will be working closely with newly appointed head of strategy Geoff McHenry, both joining the agency’s leadership bench at a time that, in the past year, has seen creative projects like redesigning Zoom’s brand identity, creating a retail pop-up for 1800 Tequila and launching Sleep Number’s new creative platform. 

"What I'm most excited about in working with Juliana,” says Geoff, “is that she brings the three c's to the table of creativity, clarity, and charisma. I personally can't wait to see the amazing work we will create together when the powers of our minds combine."

Juliana will report to Matt Murphy, global chief creative officer at 72andSunny, who said: “Juliana is joining at a pivotal moment for 72andSunny as we bring a sharpness to the type of work that makes the NYC office truly unique. Most importantly, she’ll help our clients win through unparalleled creative vision and execution.” said Matt Murphy, global CCO.

“This was a dream opportunity for somebody like me,” said Juliana of her appointment. “My years at Droga gave me the opportunity to lead influential work. Now I get to lead an influential agency. 72andSunny New York feels like a perfectly laid fire that just needs a match to light up and dance. The pedigree is there. The talent is there. The clients are there. From the founders all the way down there’s a real commitment to cultivating the unique personality and the heartbeat of the New York office. It feels exciting and fresh - and importantly, it also feels like home. This is a tight-knit group of beautiful weirdos who all just want to make special things that are worth people’s time and positively impact people’s businesses.”