Bijarchi Takes a Top Production Role at TBWA\Chiat\Day in NY

Bijarchi Takes Top Production Role at TBWA\Chiat\Day in NY

Former Y&R/Chicago head of production Matt Bijarchi is leaving his current position at Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles to assume the post of Executive Producer of Media Arts at the New York office of TBWA\Chiat\Day.  He starts his new gig next month.  The move reunites Bijarchi with Mark Figliulo, former ECD of the Y&R Chicago office, who is now Chief Creative Officer of TBWA\Chiat\Day in New York.  Figliulo succeeded Gerry Graf as head creative executive at the office in May of this year, after Graf departed for the New York office of Saatchi & Saatchi. While at Y&R, Bijarchi and Figliulo collaborated on some of the global networks’ best broadcast work, producing notable campaigns for Miller Beer, NASCAR, Orbitz, Sears and other brands.  Bijarchi came to Y&R from Cliff Freeman & Partners, where he was a producer. He moved into production while on staff at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco.  He left Y&R last year to join the growing branded content team at CAA.