Geico CMO Damon Burrell is stepping down after practically three years because the insurance coverage large’s prime marketer.
In a memo obtained by ADWEEK, Geico CEO Todd Combs lauded Damon for main Geico’s advertising and marketing group by means of huge adjustments.
“Damon might be with us till January and the seek for a successor has already begun,” Combs wrote. “In the course of the transition, the Advertising management workforce will report back to me.”
Burrell initially introduced he was leaving in a LinkedIn submit Thursday. He didn’t share the place he’s headed subsequent, solely writing, “I’m additionally very excited to share my subsequent alternative … keep tuned for extra.”
Burrell took the CMO function at Geico in March 2022 after holding the identical function at Estée Lauder for six years.
Previous to that, he spent roughly two years as senior vice chairman of promoting for Nickelodeon, and practically 9 years at MTV Networks, ending his tenure there as senior vp of digital advertising and marketing.
Geico’s VP of progress and journey advertising and marketing additionally left Geico not too long ago, to turn into Independence Pet Holding’s first-ever chief buyer and advertising and marketing officer, ADWEEK beforehand reported.
Learn the complete memo asserting Burrell’s departure beneath:
Fellow Associates,
I’m writing at present to share that Damon Burrell has knowledgeable me of his resolution to depart the corporate. All of us at GEICO want him properly as he takes on a brand new problem and new alternative.
Since becoming a member of GEICO in April 2022 as Chief Advertising Officer, Damon has led the Advertising group by means of vital, significant adjustments which have positioned our firm – in addition to our globally acknowledged model – for continued progress and success.
Damon might be with us till January and the seek for a successor has already begun. In the course of the transition, the Advertising management workforce will report back to me.
Please be part of me in expressing our appreciation for Damon’s management and contributions to our firm.
