Clems Sydney appoints Ben Clare

Clemenger BBDO Sydney has appointed Ben Clare to senior copywriter. Clare joins the company from Johannes Leonardo New York, which he joined in 2010.

The announcement:

Ben Clare, the creative lead on Google’s Project Re: Brief, which won the Grand Prix in Mobile at Cannes 2012, has joined Clemenger BBDO Sydney as a senior copywriter, partnering with Luke Hawkins.

Clare has returned home to Sydney after working at Johannes Leonardo New York for the past two years. He joined the agency in 2010 helping it grow from 12 to 50 people in 18 months. Founded by Australian expat Leo Premutico and Jan Jacobs in 2007, it was awarded AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year in 2011.