Patterson – Sr VP Planning & Strategy @ Burrell Communications.

Sarah Patterson has been named Senior Vice President of Planning and Strategy for Burrell Communications in Chicago. She has held several agency planning management positions, most recently serving as team leader for Account Planning at Ogilvy and Mather, Chicago, where she also was a managing partner.

Patterson moved to the U.S. in 2000 from the London office of Ogilvy, where she was a Worldwide Planning Director for Unilever and Senior Strategist for the agency’s Ford business across Europe.

At Burrell, Patterson will lead a team responsible for developing planning and strategy for the African American and Yurban markets.

“Burrell is an agency with a foundation in research, planning and strategy. The agency set the standard for developing advertising campaigns based on behaviors of consumers and their interests and motivations,” Patterson said.