Digital agency DEPT supercharges APAC creativity with new executive creative director
International digital agency DEPT has strengthened its creative stance within the APAC region, having appointed an industry veteran as its new executive creative director.
The agency has named Brad Stevens for the role. With a career spanning two decades that has seen him working in well-known agencies such as M&C Saatchi and Enigma, Stevens has lent his design and creative expertise to some of the world’s (and Australia’s) most recognisable brands – Optus, Spotify, National Australia Bank (NAB), and Google.
Brad Stevens
Outside of his work, Stevens is an active contributer to “advertising associations like BEST and Award”.
Throughout his appointment at DEPT, Stevens’ work will call for him to craft and provide “innovative and disruptive work” for clients.
Additionally, the role will also see the former Enigma group creative director act as the representative of the company’s creativity in Australia, requiring him to liaise with the agency’s leaders to design and roll out processes that streamline and heighten the agency’s creative offerings.
“The decision was simple, DEPT®’s rapidly emerging as one of the fastest-growing digital agencies in the world, and I want in!” Stevens exclaimed.
“I’m looking forward to creating world-class, groundbreaking solutions that harness the power of technology, ensuring brands are as dynamic and engaging as they can be.”
Stevens’ appointment comes at a point of indisputable success for DEPT, with the agency having won more clients, including burger chain Grill’d and sporting equipment organisation, Pit Viper.
The announcement of a new executive creative director also comes after the agency’s global chief executive officer, Dimi Albers, explained to us that the company’s unique in-market position lends itself to businesses working with them “to move forward faster than the competition.”
“As an ‘agency at scale globally, but with a very boutique and local culture’,” Albers said.
“We have the ownership model of a local agency, so we had 120 people in 2015 and we had six partners, or owners, of the business … Now we have close to 4,500 people and we have 200 owners of the business. We have our savings invested in the business, which means that our clients don’t just work with an employee, but with an actual owner.
“And that makes the relationship a lot deeper and more longstanding. And that’s so important to us.”
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Matthew is the editorial assistant at Mumbrella. He joined the company at the end of September 2023.
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