The budget airline had stalled the pitch process for the creative account in February, after drawing up a shortlist of WPP agency Ogilvy & Mather and Publicis-owned Saatchi & Saatchi.
At the time, the airline said it would look at changing its advertising strategy by appointing a hotshop agency across Europe, which would create one campaign that could be adapted in-house for use on a country-by-country basis.
This is the first time the airline has appointed a permanent creative agency. Previously all creative campaigns for EasyJet were handled on an in-house basis.
EasyJet is currently in contractual negotiations to extend its media planning and buying account, currently held by the OMD Group.
EasyJet operates flights from 68 airports in 18 countries, and has faced increasing competition from fellow budget airlines Ryanair and bmibaby. In the past, EasyJet has used agencies on an ad hoc basis, including The Bank, which created a campaign aimed at business, and Sledge, which made EasyJet's first television ad in 2004.
An EasyJet spokeswoman confirmed that the creative account had been awarded to Ogilvy & Mather.
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