Melbourne chancers hold top creative directors to ransom in pursuit of job
A Melbourne creative duo has held the domain names of the city’s top creative directors to ransom in return for a meeting with them.
Art director Andrew Grinter and copywriter Lee Spencer-Michaelsen bought the domain names of the likes of Clemenger BBDO Melbourne ECD Ant Keogh and CumminsRoss boss Sean Cummins and left a ransom notes on their sites to demand a meeting – or else their sites would be redirected.
“They didn’t know who we were. We remained anonymous. All they knew is that we had the dotcom and wanted a meeting,” Grinter told Mumbrella.
The duo then showed up at a number of agencies including Whybin\TBWA, DDB and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne with a camera and wearing balaclavas to present their portfolio.
“Ultimately our aim was to get noticed and get a job,” said Grinter. “We wanted to stand out, create talkability and give CD’s a taste of our personalities. Fortunately our gamble paid off and we managed to initiate a number of positive relationships with several high profile creative directors”.
Grinter and Spencer-Michaelsen have since landed jobs at Ogilvy’s digital operation DTDigital.
Good on them and good luck. Sure will stand out from the masses!
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Meh. Try that with a client, then we’ll talk.
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Similar idea to this: http://mashable.com/2010/05/13.....-ad-words/
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Well done. Everyone has to work at DT Digital once in their careers.
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It didn’t work very well if they ended up at DTDigital.
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Thank God they didn’t come into our office. I would have been beside myself , being originally from South Africa and all.
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“that’s not a knife”
great stuff, guys.
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cool idea. like the Bieber link and well done on getting a job.
3 and 4 – care to put your full names to your post? no? thought not. gutless
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It was “cute”.
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well done on getting a job.
reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FRwCs99DWg&feature=player_embedded
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FRwCs99DWg&feature=player_embedded
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Ha! I love it. Dev, I hope they do try it with a client. It would beat the hell out the cakes and flowers I’ve seen lately.
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Meeting 7 CDs (that you don’t already know) is a truly outstanding result.
Well done guys.
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Great work guys.
I think we often forget what it’s like getting into the industry when we first started.
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