Newly merged TM/SedgwickRd. has hired Bob Brihn as creative director. He joins the agency from The Richards Group in Dallas where he served as group creative director on Hyundai, among other national accounts. Brihn, an award-winning creative director will be partnered with Creative Director, Leigh Sander, whose team is responsible for the new Nationwide Insurance “Spilled Paint” wallscape that is currently garnering national attention for the creative execution.

“This is an exciting time here, and we’re thrilled that Bob is joining us,” said Jim Walker, chief creative officer for the agency. “I’ve known Bob since he came to Seattle from Fallon in the mid-’90s. He’s exactly the type of talent who will help us continue to reinvent the way we work and help us build on the tremendous momentum that we’ve created in the last couple of months.”

“My passion is working at an agency that constantly works to break the boundaries of traditional advertising,” said Brihn. “The agency Jim and Tom Hansen have put together is built specifically to challenge conventional thinking. TM represents an evolving agency model that host tremendous creative talent, great digital and strategic resources and a mind-set about seeking new ways of doing things that is almost obsessive.”

Brihn started his career in 1986 at Fallon where he worked on brands such as Porsche, Lee Jeans, Time magazine and Gilbey’s Gin. He also spent time at other Minneapolis shops including Carmichael Lynch and Campbell Mithun where he worked on Harley-Davidson, Samuel Adams and Schwinn. Brihn also had a stint at Cole & Weber in Seattle where he served as executive creative director. He has earned honors from the One Show, Cannes, the Art Directors Club of New York, Communication Arts and D&AD.

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