Apparent nabs CHEP Network’s Hamish Stewart
CHEP Network’s national ECD of experience, Hamish Stewart, has joined full-service agency, Apparent, in a newly-created chief creative and experience officer role.
Responsible for overseeing the agency’s entire creative output, Stewart will work alongside Apparent’s team of over 150 staff, serving its portfolio of clients from across Australia and around the world.
Stewart is the latest senior appointment at the agency, after it welcomed Simon Pugh as chief media officer in June and Jason Hill as chief strategy officer in December.
“We continue to attract top talent to Apparent that helps drive our clients’ businesses and expand our global footprint,” Apparent’s managing director, Suzy Smiley, said in June.
He joins after a year-and-a-half at CHEP Network, where he focused on “designing experiences” for brands and customers. He first worked at CHEP between 2018 and 2019 as group creative director, before joining GHO as strategy director, and moving up to creative partner in 2021.
Previous stints include executive creative director at R/GA Sydney, as well as creative director at Mark, and various creative roles at M&C Saatchi.
In his new role, he will be able to tap into his passion for “driving innovation that makes an impact”, as well as his experience across marketing creativity, including customer experience, digital, sponsorship, design thinking, and innovation.
“Apparent is dedicated to solving clients’ complex business challenges by integrating creativity, media, data, and technology,” Stewart said.
“I’m delighted to be joining the agency and collaborating with its talented team to continue delivering exceptional results for our clients and accelerating the agency’s overall creative offering.”
Smiley added: “We’re excited to further bolster our leadership with the addition of Hamish into the new chief creative and experience officer position.
“His extensive, award-winning experience with major brands at some of Australia’s top agencies makes him the ideal leader to help us deliver on our ambitious agency strategy and continued global growth.”
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Lauren McNamara is the associate editor at Mumbrella, covering the agency beat. She joined in November 2022 as editorial assistant, after completing a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) at UTS.
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