john st Hires Krystle Mullin as Chief Creative Officer

After a thoughtful and extensive search, john st is excited to announce that they have hired Krystle Mullin as chief creative officer. 

Krystle was most recently executive creative director at Edelman leading global accounts for HP and lululemon; prior to that she was VP creative director at RPA in Los Angeles running the Honda, Amazon Prime Video, Cedars-Sinai and La-Z-Boy accounts. 

“This is a new creative era for john st. and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have Krystle at the helm. Krystle’s background builds a foundation for multi-disciplinary creative for the future of our agency. With a wealth of experience across brand advertising, but also strong recent experience at Edelman across earned and PR, as well as roots in data-centric creative work from her time at FBC/SIX, john st. is poised for a very strong future,” says Ally Ballantyne, president of john st. 

Krystle started with john st. beginning of September jumping into client work and has already helped the agency to win two exciting new pieces of business. In 2019 Mullin was named to Ad Week’s Creative 100 List and honoured as one of Canada’s Top Ten Creative Directors by Strategy Magazine. Her work has been recognised by Cannes Lions, The One Show, The Clios and D&AD, among others.   

“john st. is an iconic brand in and of itself, with a strong legacy of producing unignorable creative that stands out at a global level. In partnership with Ally and the talented team here, we’re going to take john st. to exciting new places (both figuratively and literally). I hope to pay homage to john st.’s trail blazing past, while also evolving who we are to support the needs of our clients for today and tomorrow’s consumer. At its heart, john st. is a boutique agency that has the capabilities and resources of a network at its fingertips. I was an intern at john st. a *few* years ago; what was true then is still true today: john st. is a destination, it’s a place for brands and people to grow and stand out.” 

Krystle served on the Mobile Lions jury at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2019 and in 2016 she was one of 14 women from around the world selected by Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity to participate in See it, Be It, a career accelerator program for women in the advertising community. Most recently she was the keynote speaker at the Cannes Lions 'See it, Be it' conference in July. She has also participated as a speaker at the 3% Conference whose mission is to correct the underrepresentation of women in senior roles in advertising.   

“This hire signals our deep commitment to creativity and continuing to create unignorable ideas for our clients’ brands. Krystle is a fresh and deeply strategic creative thinker. Someone who sees the power in amplifying creativity across customer experiences. This is exactly what our clients have been asking for. It’s a very exciting time for john st.”, adds Ally. 

To hear more from Mullin on her experience in advertising and role at john st., join the ADCC In Conversation With Krystle Mullin on Wednesday November 15th at 12pm Sign up here.