BMF bolsters creative director ranks and makes several new hires
BMF has bolstered its number of lead creatives with the promotion of art director Jun Harada to the new role of brand activation creative director.
The new position, which focuses on experiential and promotional marketing, takes the agency’s tally of creative directors to six.
It is currently led by ECD Warren Brown, general CD Simon Langley, direct marketing CD Dylan Taylor, digital CD Fred Hass and retail CD Helen Cowley.
The appointment is part of a wider recruitment drive which has seen the agency make over 20 new hires and several promotions as part of its growth plans.
Among them, copywriter Tim Wood has been promoted to the new role of associate creative director to help manage the agency’s increasing workload.
Alita McMenamin has re-joined BMF as group account director, relocating to Melbourne to head up the National Foods business. McMenamin had been with BMF for six years before spending the last 12 months running the Bonds, Berlei and Sheridan at Campaign Palace Sydney.
BMF managing director Martin Rippon told Mumbrella that it would not look grow its number of offices in Australia where it already has a presence in Sydney and Melbourne, but is currently in “active discussions” about launching the agency in the US. He added that it is also looking at opportunities in Europe.
Meanwhile in other new appointments, Will Nichols has joined the in-house data planning team and will work on the Foxtel and OPSM accounts.
In the digital space, BMF has hired two interactive producers, a technical director and former Amnesia Razorfish digital PR manager Ang Graham as social media manager.
Additional hires across the agency include a television producer, account director, three account managers, a studio junior, a head of retail production and a print production manager.
BMF has also taken on six new graduates who will spend two weeks in different departments before moving into account management and digital teams.
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