Gyro San Francisco Appoint Steve Mawhinney Creative Director

Gyro, the global ideas shop, has appointed Steve Mawhinney as Creative Director of its San Francisco office.

Mawhinney has spent more than 20 years across a wide variety of countries, categories and disciplines. He brings with him a proven ability to activate brands across all relevant platforms including digital, experiential and social. He joins gyro from AKQA where he worked on Visa and Verizon.

Mawhinney has a solid history of working with top shops including McCann Worldwide, TBWA and JWT creating work for global iconic brands like Adidas, Sony and Subway – to name a few.

A global thinker, he has lived in Northern Ireland, London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Paris and now the United States.

Steffan Postaer, executive creative director, gyro San Francisco, said, “Steve is joining gyro San Francisco at a pivotal moment in our history. His talent will be a huge asset in our quest to make humanly relevant creative ideas come to life across all platforms for our clients.”

Mawhinney said, “I'm grateful to be joining gyro at a time when they are reshaping the b-to-b box. To be part of an agency that is hell-bent on disrupting the connections we make for our clients is very inspiring.”