Dylan Harrison Saatchi & Saatchi NZ’s new ECD

Tim Burrowes

January 15, 2010 11:18

Dylan Harrison, the creative behind VW’s celebrated “Singing Dog” ad, is to replace Mike O’Sullivan as ECD of Saatchi & Saatchi NZ.

Harrison, an Aussie expat working at DDB London, will start on February 22.

The agency had a turbulent end to the year with the both O’Sullivan and CEO Andrew Stone quitting. Stone was replaced by Nicola Bell in December.

Harrison’s list of awards during his ten years at DDB have included Cannes, D&AD, The One Show, Clio, amd ANDY. His client list included Volkswagen, Marmite, Budweiser and The Guardian newspaper. He was behind VW’s celebrated “Singing Dog” ad.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.