The Specialist Works poaches Thinkbox’s head of AV

In brief

Independent media agency The Specialist Works has hired Thinkbox’s Sam Olive as Head of AV.

Olive will lead the AV specialist team at The Specialist Works, part of What’s Possible Group, and is charged with delivering best-in-class media outcomes for clients across brand and performance AV activations.

He has previously worked at Ebiquity, MediaCom, Total Media, NatMags and Pearl & Dean.

As Thinkbox’s planning controller he was responsible for promoting the power of TV advertising to agencies and featured on the popular TV Masters training course.