Tischen Franklin has joined 160/90, the cultural marketing agency owned by Endeavor, as executive creative director, partnering with Christian Carl. Tischen is based in NYC.
Through this expanded global creative leadership, 160/90 will strengthen its presence as an agency with unmatched cultural insight, influence and access into the wider network of Endeavor.
Tischen joins 160/90 with over 20 years of creative leadership experience as a design and technology expert. Working with Ford, P&G, TD Bank, New York Magazine, AT&T and many other brands, Tischen is a visionary with the ability to manage the creative process, mentor team creatives and devise elegant, successful solutions to complex design problems all at once. He joins 160/90 from Uniworld Group Inc where he served as group creative director of Design.
Tischen will co-lead with Christian Carl, an award-winning executive creative director with 30 years of industry experience. Since joining 160/90, Christian has improved the agency’s creative process, mentored and attracted great talent, built up the creative and design departments in NY, and expanded the 160/90 business globally in APAC and UK regions.
Together, Tischen and Christian will focus on all-encompassing creative for 160/90 clients such as MLB, Hulu, Amazon, Reebok, Marriott, T-Mobile and many others. They will work alongside executive creative director Cory McCall who leads the 160/90 branding division, based in Philadelphia.
Strengthening the leadership bench at 160/90 are Kim Harris and Jessica Sinn who joined last month as SVP of cultural strategy and insights and SVP of business development, respectively.