After a decade at McCann Health chief creative officer June Laffey departs to spend time with family

August 3 2020, 10:22 am | BY Lynchy | 3 Comments
After a decade at McCann Health chief creative officer June Laffey departs to spend time with family

Australia’s June Laffey has departed the Chief Creative Officer role at McCann Health New York to spend more time with her family. Laffey returned to Australia in May this year after two and a half years in New York

 

Says Laffey, in a Facebook post on the weekend: “After ten years at McCann Health, I have left to spend more time with my kids. Two and a half years in New York was an experience I’m grateful for, but for the next little while I’ll be submerging myself in family, friends and self discovery, instead of submerging myself in work. I feel honoured to have met and worked with some incredible people and created work that makes a difference, as was always my vision.

“I will return to work at some stage. But now is me time. Feeling blessed I have the opportunity to just take some time for what matters most.”

Before transferring to New York in February 2018, Laffey served as Regional Executive Creative Director for McCann Health Australia & Southeast Asia since 2016, based in Sydney. She was Chairman of the Pharma Jury for 2017 Cannes Lions Health and also holds the distinction of being the most awarded female creative leader in the history of McCann Worldgroup Asia Pacific.

Laffey joined McCann Health Sydney in 2010 as Executive Creative Director, McCann Health Sydney, and under her leadership the agency quickly became the most awarded healthcare agency in the APAC region. During her nearly eight years with the network, she earned a reputation for being a great team-builder and consistently producing world-class award-winning work: work that gets recognized not just locally, but regionally and globally as well.

Laffey is in high demand on the international judging circuit, and has been invited to judge in all the industry’s top award shows. She served as the inaugural Jury Chair at the Spikes Asia award show and Clio Health.

She has won Gold at Cannes Lions Health and Spikes and won multiple awards at the Global Awards, Clio Health, One Show, IPA awards, Campaign AOY, and The Creative Floor.