Clemenger BBDO, Sydney boosts creative department with four new appointments
Clemenger BBDO, Sydney has announced that it has nabbed Darren Wright (right) and Michael Pollard (centre) to join the creative team, reporting into chief creative officer Ben Coulson.
The new appointments round out Clemenger’s expansion of the creative team following the recent hire of Tom Knighton (far left) and Sophie Horne (bottom, left). The hires are the first for Coulson who has been at the creative helm since February this year.
Wright joins as creative director. Wright cut his teeth at Wieden+Kennedy London where he worked on Nokia, Honda, The Guardian, VisitWales and Nike including the D&AD yellow pencil-winning Run London campaign. Most recently Wright was part of the creative leadership team at Grey London working on Orangina, McVities, Vodafone and most notably a series of Cannes Lions-winning campaigns for Lucozade.
Pollard, ex The Monkeys, joins as an art director. Pollard worked across the agency’s major brands including MLA, Bingle, UBank, IKEA, Telstra, HCF, The University of Sydney and Guide Dogs. Prior to moving across the globe from hometown London, Pollard worked at RAPP London on Virgin Media, Google, Dulux, and Barclays. Pollard will now be teaming up with talented copywriter Salah Ben-Brahim.
Knighton, ex DDB Sydney, also joins as an art director, teaming up with copywriter Adam Smith. Knighton was responsible for the award-winning print work for Minds for Minds, the not for profit research body for Autism.
And finally, Horne, formerly Grey, joins as art director working with copywriter, Celia Mortlock. The young duo is already earning a reputation for themselves within the agency for their fresh approach to work. The team will work across the agency’s major clients including Visa, Smiths, MasterFoods, Dry July and Tourism Australia.
Says Coulson: “Building up a diverse creative team with new talent is a thrill. The guys all bring fresh perspective and a tonne of energy to the agency. We are all looking forward to rolling up our sleeves with the guys.”
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Yeaaaaaah Tom!
GO MICKEY P GO
An all white cast, 3 of them male, does not equate to diversity.
Exciting stuff. DW is a lovely man and a wonderful creative talent.
Unfortunately News Flash you have a rather warped definition of diversity. I suggest you check your dictionary.It’s not all about gender and colour.
Diverse opinions?
Diverse backgrounds?
Diverse interests?
Diverse sexual choices?
Diverse political alliances?
For someone professing to be committed to inclusion your view is worryingly narrow.
Stop the bitterness – Taking away from the young people starting out in this industry on getting hired.
p.s: You forgot homosexual in your rant – move on!
I can’t believe you just assumed their gender.
Don’t be like that.
Super pleased to read this Tom. Glad you’re still here in Sydney.
@Quentin
Exactly. This general “diversity” push is barely more than visual quotas – it’s so fucking condescending.
It’s why no matter what your agency looks like, they’ll all most likely think the same. How exciting!
Any creative department with Darren wright in it is a wonderful place to be. Huge talent, amazing human.
Well done Knighton. See you for an explosion of Shiraz next time I’m over.
As diverse as St Leonards gets. Look at the latest census Clemenger. This is not diversity of people or ideas.