Accenture Song Hires Bryan Yasko as Northeast Lead

Today, Accenture Song announced that Bryan Yasko – former president and partner of Johannes Leonardo – will join the world’s largest tech-powered creative group as its Northeast Lead. He will start in September and be based in New York City.  

In his role, Bryan is responsible for leading and growing Accenture Song’s business in the Northeast which includes shaping and delivering the strategy and vision for the region, collaborating across Accenture to ensure the company’s global clients benefit from the full spectrum of its offerings and expertise, and building and nurturing a culture that provides meaningful career experiences for employees and continues to attract the best talent.  

“We recently announced a $3 billion investment in AI. It will take leaders who understand the power of creativity’s intersection with technology to take our investments to the next level,” said Bob Markham, North America Lead, Accenture Song. “Bryan is creative, effective, strategic, and a sought-after client partner and leader, and we’re grateful he’s joining the Accenture Song family.”  

“No other creative company can make the impact that Accenture Song can for clients today. Using the full scale of creativity, emerging technology, and expertise to help transform clients’ business is something that excites me,” said Bryan Yasko, incoming Northeast Lead, Accenture Song. 

Bryan was most recently the President of and partner at Johannes Leonardo, where he was responsible for fostering overall growth, development, and integration across the independent creative agency.  Under his leadership, Johannes Leonardo grew from 30 to 200 employees. The agency was named #4 on Ad Age’s ‘Top Ten’ A-List in 2018 and again in 2020 as #3 for its consistent credibility in the industry for generating powerful brand ideas that transform organizations from the inside out. In 2021, the agency was also named Adweek Magazine’s Breakthrough Agency of The Year. 

Bryan’s 25+ year career encompasses a stellar record of delivering new business growth and inspiring award-winning, effective work for global brands. Before joining Johannes Leonardo in 2016, Bryan was the Global Business Director and an executive management team member at Droga5 from 2010 to 2016, where he led the agency’s largest accounts and new business wins, including Prudential, Google, Motorola, and Chase. 

This news comes on the heels of Accenture Song’s back-to-back Grand Prix Lion wins at Cannes. This year, the company took home the Titanium Grand Prix for its work with Tuvalu, “The First Digital Nation.” Last year, the tech-powered creative group won the Direct Grand Prix for its work with Coinbase. Accenture Song continues to attract the industry’s top leaders, most recently adding Sean Lyons, former Global CEO of R/GA, and Annette King, former CEO of Publicis UK, to its leadership team. In the company’s most recent Q3 earnings announced on June 22nd, Accenture Song reported “strong double-digit growth.” The company closed out FY22 with $16 billion in revenue.