BMF parts ways with planning director Emily Taylor, rumours of more job cuts
More staff cuts?
BMF has parted ways with planning director Emily Taylor, who has joined Publicis Mojo Sydney.
Her departure comes amid rumours of another series of redundancies – the third round of cuts the agency has made this year, Mumbrella understands.
Jeremy Nicholas, the agency’s CEO, confirmed Taylor’s exit, but said that no redundancies were taking place.
He also said that Taylor was to be replaced by another planner of equivalent seniority in a fortnight’s time.
Sources suggest that Taylor is to be replaced by a planner who was previously made redundant by BMF.
Mumbrella also understands that BMF has reduced the amount of space it uses in its building in Pyrmont, Sydney, due to staff cuts. This has not been confirmed by BMF.
The highly prized Enero asset, whose Sydney office was split into two in November 2011, is believed to have lost around 50 staff since this time last year.
Since the split, the agency has been hit by a number of key account losses, including CommBank, a large chunk of Lion, and Domino’s.
Senior departures have included MD Martin Rippon, ECD then managing partner Dylan Taylor, managing partner Chris Kay, planning director Gareth Cooper and creative director Dennis Koutoulogenis.
Nicholas said that “all is fine” with the agency’s two team structure.
He added that the agency was making considerable progress with its new data offering.
And the band played on…
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Hi mumbrella… Just want to be clear that Emily resigned from BMF … Your headline is somewhat ambiguous … So am happy to set the record straight when u choose to speculate
It’s a huge loss for the brains trust and culture of BMF …. Mojo is lucky to have her
As for BMF, whilst it has been through a rough patch there’s lots of good there… Lots … Have no doubt
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I agree with Just To Be Clear that the headline is ambiguous…
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https://mumbrella.com.au/bmf-hires-alex-siewert-from-vodafone-ireland-as-planning-director-103854
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Where there’s smoke there’s fire…
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Alex has come in as Head of Planning. Emily is a Planning Director, of which they are several. They’re different levels. These events are totally unrelated. What is with all the sh*t stirring? Slow news day?
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Emily Taylor was Planning Director in South.
Alex was hired to head up North.
Totally unrelated.
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