Clemenger BBDO promotes Ant Phillips from GCD to Executive CD; creative team Riana McKenzie and Zoe Perrin promoted to senior creative roles; Ben Bryan promoted to mid-weight Art Director

Clemenger BBDO has promoted long-time Clemenger creative Ant Phillips from GCD to Executive Creative Director, creative team Riana McKenzie and Zoe Perrin have been promoted to senior creative roles, and Ben Bryan promoted from junior to mid-weight Art Director.

Phillips has spent more than 20 years at Clems, beginning his career as an Art Director in 2004, before progressing up the ranks, making truly iconic work along the way. Some highlights have included award winners like Carlton Draught ‘Slow Mo’ and ‘Beer Chase’, Bonds ‘The Boys’, NAB’s ‘Mini Legends’, FightMND ‘I’m Neale Daniher’ and the recently released ‘Long Way for a Beer’ for Great Northern Brewing Co.

Riana McKenzie and Zoe Perrin, affectionally known as RiZo, teamed up when they joined the agency in 2022. The duo’s work such as Department of Transport and Planning ‘Hi-vis Humanity’ and Myer ‘Make Your Merry Meaningful’ recently gained McKenzie the AWARD Emerging Creative of the Year honour.

Ben Bryan joined Clems in January 2021 as a motion designer before moving into the creative department following a top 10 AWARD School finish in 2022. Since then he has worked on high profile projects as varied as ‘NewsJacker’, ‘Yes Makes It Possible’ for Yes23 and TAC’s recent driver fatigue campaign ‘Wake up to yourself’.

Says Clemenger BBDO Chief Creative Officer Adrián Flores: “Clems has long been an incubator for amazing creative leaders. These promotions recognise some truly phenomenal talents who will no doubt continue that legacy. Plus Ant.”

Adds Phillips: “Clems obviously holds a special place in my heart, which is why I’ve been here for over 20 years. I’ve spent that time soaking up as much knowledge as I can from many of Australia’s greatest creative leaders who have passed through the building. I’m looking forward to playing a bigger role in shaping our creative future with the incredible talent at our disposal. And Adrián.”

The promotions come soon after four senior appointments to Clems’ strategy department.