Margaret Johnson leading lady at GSP

Goodby, Silverstein & Partners have named executive creative director Margaret Johnson as partner. Having been with the agency for 16 years, she is the first female partner in Goodby, Silverstein & Partners’ history. She has won several awards throughout her career, including the One Show’s first Green Pencil, the 2010 Kelly Awards Grand Prize and a 2011 Cannes Cyber Lion. She also won two 2011 Lions for the Logitech Ivan Cobenk spot, featuring Kevin Bacon as a Kevin Bacon-obsessed fan. Earlier this year, the commercial was awarded a placement in the CLIO Awards’ 100 all-time World’s Best Commercials. Her previous job was at The Richards Group in Dallas, Texas, working on Id Software and launching several video games.