Palace snares top team from Saatchi’s NYC
Asheen Naidu and Alan Vladusic have joined the Campaign Palace Sydney from Saatchi and Saatchi New York. The acclaimed creatives have been in the business for over 10 years working on brands such as MTV, Mercedes, Coca Cola, Vaseline, Virgin Atlantic and Cadbury’s. Collectively they’ve worked across four continents with some of the brightest minds in the industry from David Droga and Tony Granger to Tham Kai Meng and most recently Gerry Graf at Saatchi’s New York. They’ve won a string of awards at Cannes, D&AD and The One Show.
Says Naidu and Vladusic: “The Palace was the one Australian agency youalways hear about, no matter where in the world you are. There seems tobe a renaissance taking place with Cam and Jacques coming on board andwe’d really like to play a part in The Palace resurgence.”
Says Palace CD Cameron Hoelter: “Ash and Alan are truly world class andwe’re ecstatic they’re here. It’s a testament to the Palace brand andthe opportunities that exist here that we can attract people of theircaliber.”
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wow – nice hire – will hopefully shake things up down under
Nice hires Palace
I don’t care. I wish I did, but I just don’t. Sigh…
Hot!
I remember when after 10 years in the business you were a middle weight team.
Nice Hire Palace. Ash will be great for you.
I’m sure they are about to find out Australia is a different kettle of fish. Good luck to them though.
Never heard of them…but thats the same with everyone these days.
What is different about Australia? Just would like to know as a creative seriously considering the move…
4:21 much nastier, no real mateship. Just keep your head down and your name out of the trade press and you’ll be safe from tall poppy swiping has beens and never will be’s. Not bitter, but just have a flick through the comments here.
9:43 I remember a self proclaimed creative director failing award school a couple of years ago. Amazing how the industry changes. CD before you’ve even done AWARD.
If he’s single he’s going to put out a few of the playas who think that they’re hot.
@4:21, the main difference about this industry in Australia is that our agencies feel that good talent must be hired in from overseas to give the agency a boost and that you just can’t find any good Aussies to take on a position.
The main difference 8:49 is that there are very few Aussies who want to work in advertising. Or the good ones that do go overseas to prove themselves in the major leagues.
An influx of energy is to be welcomed wherever it comes from.
Unfortunately boys, you will find there is truth in the Dudd’s comments, so here’s a tip, check out your picture and never return to this xenophobic cesspool.
@8:49, that’s sad. I love your country and the ad industry there. Have been following it for awhile. I think the art direction in broadcast is much stronger than that of the states. Much of the work coming out of AU is amazing. I just think we get more press.
I have heard very good things about these guys – great hire Palace
Oops! Looks like these guys thought they were being hired to work at The Campaign Palace of yester-year. It’s certainly not the place it used to be. But then, coming from overseas, they wouldn’t know that.
how long is a piece of string when you have won a string of awards????…name them.
9.26 is bang on the money.
I hope you guys bring a bunch of positivity and enthusiasm to The Palace.
And I’ll do the same when I go and work in the US.
Good luck guys.
@4:21 am
pros: the economy is in good shape, pay is high especially compared with good shops in the usa and the uk, you get lots of at bats – great way for a junior or mid weight to build a book
cons: small budgets, tight deadlines, pretty retarded clients more concerned with not screwing up than do anything great, tons of scam ads, lots of big fish in a small pond mentality
Congrats guys. Welcome to Sydney. Should be a bit easier to get some great work out here than in NYC. Your experience will go a long way.
Interesting post frequent flyer.
Anyone else got anything to add to that? What about UK vs AUS or indeed UK vs US?
Be keen to turn this thread into something I can learn from.
I hear the turn around times in London are pretty poor. It can take a year to get an ad out (gets researched to death)
The main problem with the Aussie industry is 95% of the brand directors and clients are in the wrong job, are terrified, and want to do nothing more than show their product being enjoyed with a large logo throughout.
Oi 7:10… “CD before you’ve even done AWARD” Wow, that possibility doesn’t sit well with your parochial worldview, does it? Sounds like you want ‘everythin’ done just right and all proper-like. With none o’ them strange, new folk makin’ things all… unfamiliar’.
Since when did AWARD School have an absolute global monopoly on ideation? What a truly retarded comment straight from the self-serving ranks of Australia’s cliquey, yet inconsequential, little art director clubs. Newsflash: there is indeed a big, wide world of business out there beyond who scraped a meaningless local Bronze for the latest installation stunt, budgie smuggler gag, or self-started urinal/hair salon scam.
Do you really think you can go through your entire career as a one-trick pony visually exaggerating the tagline for each and every brief, client and category? Grow up and make some friends outside the industry. As for the rest of you institutionalised grovellers who choose to defend Stuttermonkey’s stance, bring it on.
@11:11 So, what are the good ones these days?
Have these guys done any real work? One of them was at Ogilvy Singapore and we all know what thats all about.
They’re not here for the work – they’re on a mission to get an Aussie passport.
And I don’t blame them.
Welcome gentlemen.
Someone has said some of the agencies are not what they used to be. Which ones seem to be doing the best work these days. I’m American, so I swear I’m not fishing here. Just interested in coming to Sydney.
1:10 – Judge for yourself, look at the work you want to make. Learn who’s doing what and what’s scam. If a CD moves, normally the agency goes to shit, or becomes better overnight.
Study the CD’s of the top agencies over here (not hard, look at bestadsontv.com) and look at their work. A lot of people move around.
I’d personally suggest Melbourne – Clems is fucking shit hot, will be for years, has been for years. Clems Sydney – had some great CDs put in there, but for some reason couldn’t get as much great stuff across the line as Melbourne.
Although they still did some good stuff.
8:51 – I said self proclaimed. Yes entrepreneurial, started his own business and I think his best (only) client was himself. Had a nice looking business card.
Anyway, I need to go buy a one-trick pony. My last one died when my copywriter pulled a massive carrot out of its arse. Never recovered, poor thing.
I’d check out jaygrey…looked at their website and considering they only been around for a few months there’s some nice work on it. if they grow that’d be my bet as a place to shine and creatively run by a bloke with his name on the door who actually fights for creative….rare these days.
4:29, looked at the work on the JayGrey website. How long have they had the Toyota, Herringbone and Nova accounts?
The campaign palace chose to hire them… Trust me these two great minds have enough talent and global exposure that any agency would be fortunate to have them. For those of you with negative comments, shame on you and your lack of confidence. Great job guys! NYC misses your creative work! We r proud of you 😉
These guys are ROCK F*N STARS, deal with the magic they bring. Anyone who questions their stuff has never and I say never worked with either of them! Best to you both.