Leigh Armstrong

EVP Global Growth and Marketing at Iris Worldwide

Dallas, United States

About me

Previous experience :
Publicis - Leo Burnett Toronto and Chicago
Omnicom - TBWA Toronto and UK
Havas - UK
WPP - JWT UK
Roles : Global Business Lead across portfolio clients and also Director of Growth roles (Head of New Business Leo Burnett NA) and MD of an award winning design agency in the UK.
Clients : Coors Light NA, Jim Beam Global, Allstate NA, Brooks Running, United Healthcare, P&G : Mr. Clean, Dunkin, Kellogg's Europe, Honda Motor Europe, Reckitt Benckiser.
I've also authored Gold winning Effies papers (Mr. Clean for P&G), been shortlisted for Influencer of the Year (Creativepool) and lead the Coors Light NA team to win multiple creative awards. And I also played Varsity and International Ladies Basketball :)

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Positions

EVP Global Growth and Marketing

Iris North America

New York, United States

August 2024 - Present (6 months)

Director of New Business (Cheil and Cheil Connec+)

Cheil Dallas

Plano, United States

August 2023 - September 2024 (1 year 1 month)

Description

‘You can never learn enough’ is my motto. And that desire to learn has lead me across different Continents, cultures and categories. I've lead multi-national clients across 4 of the large networks - Omnicom (TBWA), WPP (JWT), Vivendi (Havas) and Publicis (Leo Burnett Canada and US) in addition to being Director of New Business for Leo Burnett North America.