McCann London Hires Creative Duo Will Cottam and James Crosby

McCann London has hired the dynamic creative team behind the multi award-winning Freedom Brewery campaign - Will Cottam and James Crosby.

Joining from CHI&Partners, where they spent over four years, Cottam and Crosby produced work for Lexus and The Princes Trust, winning international recognition for the latter with a flurry of D&AD pencils, Cannes Lions and Clio awards. 

Cottam and Crosby said: "It’s a tough decision leaving any agency that you’ve called home for so long, but it was Rob Doubal and Lol Thomson’s enthusiasm and ambition for the coming years that swung it for us. Exciting things are happening at McCann and we’re glad to be a part of it!"

They’ve joined McCann to help build on the agency’s celebrated creative success and lend a fresh, bold and innovative perspective to new and exciting client campaigns.

On hiring the creative pair, Laurence Thomson, Co-Chief Creative Officer at McCann London, said: “We’re super stoked to have James and Will join our growing talent here at McCann. They have created some really bold and interesting work, which is why we’re looking forward to supercharging them into achieving more creative greatness. We have high hopes. Watch this space.”