LONDON, UK – The Creative Engagement Group (TCEG) announced today the expansion of Richard Burton’s role to Head of Strategy, alongside his current role as Global Managing Partner of the employee engagement division Forty1.
Burton will head up a strong collective team of more than 20 strategists, planners, scientists and researchers from across TCEG. In this newly created role, he will focus on combining a diverse range of expertise including brand planning, content strategy, channel mapping, learning strategy, behavioural science, UX planning and insight generation, and capability mapping, in order to provide the most innovative strategic and creative solutions for client challenges.
Burton’s promotion comes as the company sees a significant increase in demand for its strategic and consulting services alongside its creative, executional and activation capabilities in experiential, film, content, digital and immersive technology.
Russ Lidstone, Group CEO the Creative Engagement Group says: “As the world deals with unprecedented change and uncertainty, our clients and their stakeholders are looking for partners that can provide integrated solutions to address their most important challenges and help inspire lasting change. In his new role, Richard is brilliantly placed to lead our efforts in this.”
Richard Burton, Head of Strategy at The Creative Engagement Group and Global Managing Partner of Forty1 adds: “I’m delighted to lead our agile network of talented planners, researchers, scientists and psychologists. Our ability to assemble the right strategic expertise to work alongside our world class creative and activation teams means that we’re now even more strongly positioned to help our clients thrive in an increasingly dynamic and unpredictable world.”
