James Elliott

Jim Elliott joined Arnold in March of 2015 as Global Chief Creative Officer.

He most recently served as Chief Creative Officer of Y&R New York, where he worked on leading national and global clients including Land Rover, Dell, Campbell Soup Company and Virgin Atlantic. During his tenure he helped the agency win numerous and varied globally recognised awards – including 7 D&AD pencils, ANDYs, One Show, Radio-Mercury, London International, New York Festivals, The Web Marketing Association and ADC.

Prior to taking the creative reins at Y&R New York, Elliott was Group Creative Director/Writer at Goodby Silverstein & Partners. There, he helped create iconic work for Hyundai, Haagen-Dazs, Denny’s, HP, Yahoo!, NetFlix, and Sonic Drive-In. His work on the “Help the Honey Bees” campaign for Haagen-Dazs helped win nearly every top honor in the industry, it was also one of the campaigns nominated for Ad Age’s “Top Ad Campaigns of the 21st Century.” His work for Hyundai is credited with helping to turn the struggling car manufacturer into one of the most successful auto companies in America, during one of the worst economic climates on record.