DDB Melbourne expands creative team
DDB Melbourne has expanded its creative team with four new staff starting this month.
The announcement:
“Spray them with water. Those guys are on fire!” says online blogger about the DDB Melbourne creative team.
Says ECD Darren Spiller, who’s been in the ECD role for just over 12 months: “The momentum is building. We need more hands on deck.”
“Nationally, we’re a big, muscular agency – that’s true, but I make it my top priority to allow my team the space that they require to produce exceptional work, and room to challenge the status quo. We have the scale of a national/international agency but my department operates like a highly innovative, boutique-creative agency – fast, agile and competitive. It’s the best of both worlds”.
The 4 new additions include Toby Cummings and Ed Howley who started at DDB September 2. They’re joining DDB following a two-year stint at CumminsRoss, after originally teaming up at AJF Partnership.
Recent years have seen the pair working closely with a range of clients including Jeep, RSPCA, Bearded Lady Bourbon, Fonterra and GSK across a range of categories (cars, booze and drugs).
They’re joined by Chris Andrews who has previously worked for Whybin TBWA, JWT and BMF. His work has been awarded at D&AD, OneSHow, Cannes and Clios for a variety of clients including VicRoads, Chemmart Pharmacy, Melbourne Writers Festival and AEG Powertools. Most recently his Amnesty International ‘Twignature’ campaign was featured on PSFK.com and named a highlight of the OneShow Interactive showcase.
Chris will be partnered by Luke Bartley who is returning from the UK to start at DDB Melbourne, on September 23. Luke has worked at a variety of agencies in London such as RKCR/Y&R, Publicis, DARE, DDB, Havas, Inferno and DLKW Lowe.
Spiller: “We take our time when hiring. Each creative individual that joins is pivotal to making the larger team hum. We’re always on the look-out for interesting and talented individuals to keep the rest of us on our toes.”
Source: DDB media release.
