Mark Pollard to leave McCann Sydney for New York
Mark Pollard, McCann Worldgroup Sydney’s strategy director, is leaving the agency for New York. Chris Mort, McCann’s chairman and CEO, confirmed the news, and told Mumbrella that the agency was in the hunt for a replacement.
Helen Karabassis, director of business strategy, and recent appointee Sarah Addison, strategist, will assume his duties in the interim.
Pollard, who will leave the agency in a month’s time, has hinted at his departure in his popular marketing strategy blog and on Twitter.
His past roles include lead digital strategist at Leo Burnett, online strategist at Singleton Ogilvy & Mather and digital strategist at MassMedia Studios.
Bon voyage and very best wishes for your NYC adventure Mark!
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Well deserved and an amazing opportunity for such a brilliant thinker. I’m sure many would agree with me. Congratulations Mark!
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Wonderful news – what an adventure and opportunity
Wishing you all the best – to both you and your family.
Once you have conquered NYC make sure you come back to us!
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Mate, has been fun. Wish you and your family all the best.
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Congratulations Mark – how exciting!
Wishing you all the best for your adventures.
: )
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Seconded!
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Congrats fella. Great news (and our loss down here).
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Congratulations. Great to see a smart chap succeeding.
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Big sneakers to fill. Well done Mark, your brains will be missed from the Australian digital world.
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Best of luck mate.
You are a constant inspiration to me and New York’s gain is Sydney’s loss.
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Best of luck Mark! You’ll be great in NYC
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Congrats – a loss for Sydney but a great opportunity! I second Scott, you are an inspiration! All the best!
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Well done Mark! Hopefully the journey will give you an insight into how good we have it in Oz and give you inspiration to come back one day. I’m sure you’ll end up with some interesting experiences under your belt!
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Exciting and well deserved news for Mr Pollard. Bravo!
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Well done Mark! Enjoy, but do keep your blog going OK? 🙂
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Excellent news for you Mark, would be interested to learn where you land. Thanks so much for all your work on the Forum last year.
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Pollard – we never did get to have that beer old mate!
All the best
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Mark! I am sad to see you go, but I think this is a great move for you. I learnt so much working with you at McCann and I can’t wait to see more of your thinking come to life on a super sized pimped up US scale.
Beers before you go!
x
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Good luck Mark. You’re gonna go far over there, I hope to catch up with you before you head. All the best.
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mmmm, not saying there’s any connection but odd how Mark didn’t make the move till Hamish McLennan came back from NYC
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Not sure, coincidence. 1 of them was the global CEO of Y&R. The other is a strategy guy at a Sydney agency. I’d say they’re as far removed as possible within the same industry.
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This is excellent news for mark, and not so excellent news for McCann. Too bad Raso didnt stay in New York instead of reaking havoc in the creative department in Sydney!
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oh and also # 21, 1 seems well liked and the other, well…..
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Well done Mark! You’ll leave big shoes to fill!
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Great stuff Mark, congratulations!
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Big love fella.
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All the best Mark, look forward to hearing about your new pursuits!
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Maybe I’m all old school and everything…But is the Mumbrella comments board really the place for bon voyage kisses and the like? If everyone here knows him as well as it sounds, maybe an email or even call would be the go?
Just a thought…
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Couldn’t resist.
Yes it’s the place to share the love.
Mark is one of the most human people in the industry – so why not be human.
You are so super fab Pollard. And if I could insert some smiley cutesy pic here I would.
Miss you already
xxx
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Bon voyage Pappa!
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