Ann-Christine Diaz, creativity editor at Ad Age, has left the publication to become senior vice president and global director of creative excellence at McCann Worldgroup.

“I’m so grateful and blessed to have been part of the smartest, hardest working crew of ad and marketing journalists–who are also really fun and really good people,” said wrote on LinkedIn.

Diaz had been at Ad Age since 2011.

She previously was a staff reporter, special reports and features editor and managing editor at Creativity.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Amherst College and a master’s degree in journalism from New York University.