After a six-year run, Grey Advertising has resigned E*Trade after the discount broker replaced Nick Utton, the CMO who worked with the agency on its successful talking baby campaign.
Last month, E*Trade brought in Liza Landsman—who has worked on BlackRock, Citigroup and Bravas—as the broker's new CMO. At the same time, it hired Morgan Stanley exec Navtej Nandra as president, head of retail banking at E*Trade. The company has had a steady succession of top management during Grey's tenure, including seven CEOs since 2007.
In 2012, E*Trade spent $112 million in measured media, according to Nielsen.
Grey N.Y. declined comment but in an internal memo, Tor Myhren, chief creative officer, and Michael Houston, chief operating officer, told staffers the move was in the "best interests" of both the agency and E*Trade. “Across six Super Bowls, the street-wise baby became synonymous with the E*Trade brand’s maverick, consumer-championing DNA, proving online investing is so easy a baby can do it … We will always look back on this relationship as one of the best and most famously effective in Grey’s history.”
E*Trade has not responded to inquiries.
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