DDB Sydney promotes Deputy ECD Matt Chandler to Executive Creative Director role
DDB Sydney has announced the promotion of Matt Chandler to ECD following a strong year of growth for the agency in 2020.
Having joined the agency as senior copywriter in 2013, Chandler was promoted to creative director in 2016 and deputy ECD in 2019. Prior to DDB, Chandler worked at leading agencies including Droga5, JWT and M&C Saatchi in Sydney and London.
During his tenure, Chandler has created award-winning work for the agency’s roster of iconic clients including Westpac, McDonald’s and Volkswagen, and played an instrumental role in DDB’s record-breaking new business wins in 2020.
In his new role, Chandler will support national chief creative officer Ben Welsh and DDB Sydney chief creative officer Tara Ford in the day-to-day running of the business, continue to mentor the wider creative team, and drive growth for clients through the power of creativity.
Says Chandler: “I love the DDB Sydney creative department. To an unprofessional degree. The years I’ve spent with all these passionate, talented and hilarious people has made me a far better creative, and person, frankly. Making brilliant work for our equally brilliant clients has taken us a long way together, so I couldn’t be more excited to help lead the next chapter alongside Ben and Tara.”
Says Welsh: “Matt is a great creative, a tireless craftsman and a compassionate human being. These attributes have taken him far and will continue to do so.”
Says Ford: “Matt cares about the agency and its people beyond his remit. He cares about the people and the work. And importantly he also thinks about the bigger picture. He has helped shape what DDB is today and continues to question and push us to be better. I am thrilled for him.”
16 Comments
Well done, never heard a bad word spoken about this fella.
Matt is the epitome of talented and nice.
Congratulations mate, truly well deserved!
Congrats mate. Totally deserved!
Congrats mate. Bloody brilliant!
Bravo!!
Congrats Matt, so well deserved. The most popular guy in the business!
Nice one! Congrats Matt
Brilliant news Matt! Congratulations.
If all the legends from every agency came together to form a new agency… Matt would be the biggest legend at that new legend agency. By a mile.
Congrats Matt, well-deserved mate
Congratulations all round! Brilliant move, DDB. Matt is an amazing creative leader and an absolutely first class human being xxx
Well done
Nice job, DDB. Great bloke, great talent, great move.
Congrats man! This is awesome.
So wonderful that a genuinely talented and creative person is rewarded. Well done sir.