The war of The Campaign Palace
The Campaign Palace may be dead, but its messy aftermath continues to haunt WPP. Marcus Casey was in court to hear about creative egos over job titles, salaries and the battle for creative control of what was once one of Australia’s greatest agencies.
It began with a battle over job titles and saw highly respected creative director Paul Fishlock being forced to leave once renowned agency The Campaign Palace before it went out of business in June last year.
Fishlock has spent the week in the NSW Supreme Court suing his former employer for long service leave and redundancy payments to the order of $500,000. The Campaign Palace was owned by Y&R Brands and is still a registered business despite no longer being in operation as an agency.
Yep, the title thing is a state of affairs, but sadly one that many feel they have to play in order to be considered/posted to certain positions (or to warreant certain pay levels).
Let’s face it ‘ECD’, ‘CCO’ et al are just fancy names for what was once considered ‘CD’.
Today’s CDs are pretty much Group Heads, and don’t even get me started on titles like ‘Head of Art’ or some of the ridiculous monikers given within the digital department.
Battles over job titles and salaries? These precious petals might’ve justified their salaries had they helped boost client sales.
Modern Madmen by the sounds of it – add that to the list of content ideas… just not sure any brand would fund that one 😉