David Kolbusz, Droga5 London’s chief creative officer has announced that he will be leaving the agency to join a new venture in the US.
Kolbusz was poached from Wieden+Kennedy’s New York office in 2015, when Droga5’s founder David Droga hired him to head up the London outpost’s new leadership team alongside Grey UK’s Bill Scott.
Under Kolbusz’s stewardship, the agency’s staff has more than doubled from under 40 in 2015 to currently close to 100. Droga5 can now count boast such illustrious clients as Amazon Alexa, Barclaycard Business and Diet Coke.
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Beginning his career in his native Canada, Kolbusz worked for Toronto agency TBWA before joining Mother London in 2003.
Kolbusz was hired by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners as Group Creative Director in 2007, before making the switch to BBH London in 2010, where he stayed for over four years and notably worked on the famous ‘Three Little Pigs’ ad for The Guardian.
“I look back on my time at Droga5 with an enormous amount of fondness and gratitude. Six or so years ago, David entrusted me with the task of transforming the creative fortunes of the London brand and – alongside more talented people than I could possibly name – we gave it our best shot,” Kolbusz said.
“The long-term strategy was to keep hiring people with the taste and talent to continue making great work irrespective of who left the building and I’m confident that in my absence the UK office will keep thriving.”
In a statement confirming Kolbusz’s departure, the agency said: “David is returning Stateside for a new venture which, for contractual reasons, cannot be revealed at present but will be announced in the forthcoming weeks.”
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