Global advertising and communications company Havas appointed Damien Escobar as its first-ever global chief music officer, effective immediately. Based in New York City, Escobar’s role is to provide insights into strategy and production in support of brands looking to enhance their storytelling with music. His agency experience includes serving as svp of music and culture at Havas unit Arnold Worldwide, though Escobar is perhaps best known in music circles as an accomplished — and chart-topping — violinist. Just last year, his song “Taboo” spent two weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Smooth Jazz Airplay chart, and he scored a No. 1 on both Classical Albums and Classical Crossover Albums charts with 2017’s Boundless.