Arnold promotes ad executives

At the Boston ad agency Arnold, Chris Edwards has helped to create many ads celebrating the Big Mac (above) and other products from McDonald's Corp., and now he is getting a promotion.

Edwards, whose titles had been senior vice president and creative director, has been elevated to executive vice president and group creative director in the agency's Boston office, Arnold said.

A year or so ago, Edwards and the Arnold team worked on McDonald's ad for Chicken McNuggets that gained a lot of attention. Its starting point: An amateur video that two young men posted on Youtube.com, the video-sharing website. To read a Globe story about that ad, please click here.

Arnold said it also promoted Don Lane to executive vice president. Lane, a 13-year Arnold veteran, currently leads the agency's work on the Volvo account, among others.

And Chris Carl was promoted from vice president and creative director to senior vice president and creative director, Arnold said.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff. Volvo photo: John Tlumacki, Globe staff)