Draftcb Chicago Hires Simon El Hage for Multicultural Marketing

Draftfcb Chicago has named Simon El Hage as senior vice president, group management director, multicultural marketing.

El Hage joins the agency Oct. 13 and will be responsible for leading and building the agency’s multicultural services. He and his family will be relocating to Chicago where he will report to Managing Director Karen Sauder, a spokesperson said.

El Hage comes to the agency with 29 years of experience in multicultural marketing. Most recently, he worked for nine years Lopez Negrete Communications in Houston, as director of strategic marketing and client Services. Prior to that, he spent eight years as president and director of account services, for Acento, Inc. in San Antonio. He is fluent in Spanish and French.