AJF Partnership promotes senior creatives to CD roles, creates first ECDs
L-R: Freckleton, Skarbek, Jones and Dalton
AJF Partnership is shaking up its creative department, introducing the role of executive creative director for the first time and promoting four members of the creative teams to creative director roles.
AJF partners Adam Francis, Andrew Foote and Josh Stephens will take on the new roles of executive creative directors, a move that follows on from the agency acquiring creative business Freeform earlier this week.
George Freckleton, Michael Skarbek, Andy Jones and Glenn Dalton have been promoted to creative director roles across the Melbourne agency’s client portfolio and will continue to work alongside the newly titled ECDs.
In a joint statement, Francis, Foote and Stephens said: “George, Mike, Glenn and Andy have been key drivers of our most effective work for clients and their promotions are recognition of their loyalty and influence on the agency’s progress. They have each spent an average of almost seven years with us and we firmly believe that their CD positions will further elevate our creative performance for clients.”
Freckleton had been a senior art director while Skarbek has worked with AJF as a senior copywriter for the past five-and-a-half years. Jones has been with the agency for just over six years as a senior art director while Dalton had been with AJF as a senior copywriter for more than eight-and-a-half years.
The four will assume leadership for the agency’s 20-strong creative team, with clients including News Corp Australia, Pacific Brands, RAMS, Wild Turkey, Perpetual, Holden, and Betfair.
Most recently the agency has worked on campaigns for Dare Iced Coffee, News Corp’s Mr Men book promotion and a back-to-school campaign for Officeworks.
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That’s a lot of talent being held onto by a smart agency.
AJF never normally does PR so it’s refreshing to see them blowing some trumpet.
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Congrats to all. Fine collection of facial hair also
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Best foursome since the Goulburn Valley Gold commercials.
Only co-ordinated chambray onesies could top this.
Great stuff.
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Well done lads! Well deserved across the board.
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Congrats gents. Love your work.
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Sincerely, congrats to all concerned. But does a 20 strong creative team really need four CDs? Serious question.
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