BBDO hires L'Oreal's King

Singapore - BBDO has hired former L'Oreal marketer Jason King as planning director to work on two of the agency's largest accounts, SingTel and Hewlett Packard.

King will report to BBDO Singapore head of planning, Andy Wilson. "I am delighted Jason has joined the planning team at BBDO Singapore. He is a bright prospect, and will bring terrific experience and enthusiasm to his new position," Wilson said.

King joins BBDO from L'Oreal where he spent three years handling seven of its global brands, first in the UK then Singapore. He was most recently product manager for Lancôme and Kiehl's.  Prior to L'Oréal, he had stints at TBWA Shanghai and Saatchi & Saatchi London.