DDB Melbourne snares top creative team Brendon Guthrie and Tim Holmes from Grey

EXCLUSIVE – DDB Group Melbourne has snared creative duo Brendon Guthrie (far left) and Tim Holmes (left) from Grey Melbourne, to fill the roles of group creative director and head of art respectively – effective late May.

While at Grey, the pair worked across the agency’s client list, creating campaigns for John West, Leggo’s and the ‘Pictures of You’ campaign for the TAC, in the process picking up golds at The One Show, Clio and the New York Festivals and an almost full set of AWARD pencils.

Says DDB Melbourne ECD Grant Rutherford: “This is a fantastic coup forDDB. Brendon and Tim’s wealth of experience, maturity and creativitywill bolster our creative ranks exponentially. The whole agency is veryexcited. No pressure here boys.”

Says Guthrie: “After twenty years in advertising, I’ve changed jobsonly four times and Tim’s been at Grey for a decade, so we’re notexactly the types who rush into things. That said, what Grant iscreating at DDB Melbourne is something we really want to be a part of.He’s given us the opportunity to keep our creative partnership goingwhile helping to shape the future creative direction of the agency andthat’s a rare opportunity.”

They start at DDB Melbourne in late May.