BBH Asia Pacific hires Thijs Jacobs to join digital team

Jacobs has relocated from Beijing, where he spent the last five years, to join BBH’s office in Singapore as part of its digital team.

As creative technologist, he will continue to harness his decade-long experience in technology, design, web development and product management.

Previously the chief technology officer at Linkool Labs, he helped launch Juice – a patented discovery engine that was bundled into the official release of Firefox that was acquired by Mozilla in 2009.

Prior to that, Jacobs also served as director of digital Innovation at Ogilvy One China, where he spearheaded the agency’s Digital Innovation Lab.

Frances Great, managing director at BBH Asia Pacific, said, “Thijs is a rare mixture of a creative mind combined with profound technological expertise and an unusually strong commercial understanding. We are thrilled to have him on board.“

Jacobs responded, “BBH is amazingly creative, laser-focused on quality and filled to the brim with some of the best talent in the world.”