Group creative director Jim Noble has left BBDO Vancouver to return to Goldberg Moser O’Neill (formerly Chiat/Day) in San Francisco.

Noble had joined bbdo last November with big plans to shake up the agency and make it No. 1 on the West Coast.

Rich Wakefield and Tony Lee are stepping into his place until a replacement is found. Wakefield joined the Vancouver office last year as senior art director from BBDO South in Atlanta, ga. while Lee was formerly a writer with the agency.

Also promoted at bbdo are Greg Rowan and Dean Ponto to associate creative directors. Rowan and Ponto were senior art directors for the Vancouver agency.