Fenton Stephens, Melbourne hires senior writer Gordon Haynes out of SapientNitro, Brisbane
June 1 2010, 5:01 pm | | 27 Comments
Enjoying a fruitful start to the first half of the year with two account wins, one being the Volunteer campaign for Victorian Government and the other being the launch of Tom Waterhouse as an online sports betting brand, independent Melbourne creative agency, Fenton Stephens, has hired senior writer Gordon Haynes (far right) out of SapientNitro, Brisbane.
Says creative director, Alex Fenton (far left): “Gordon is a greatthinker, but more, he’s a cross-channel thinker which is perfectlyaligned with how we work. He thinks for the medium, whatever thatmedium might be.”
Haynes starts June 1st and will be teamed up with senior art director, Dave Lunnie (second from right).
27 Comments
Is that Paul Fenton’s (from Furnace) brother?
Gooooo, Gordo!
who is Fenton Stephens?
Nice hire Alex, good move Gordon.
moist
Try Google. All the cool kids are using it.
This is excellent news.
Now I have somewhere to crash at next years Melbourne GP.
Onya Gordy.
Met Gordon Haynes at the last Gruen Transfer wrap party, absolute top bloke. Go nuts mate.
congrats gordon.
Fenton Stephens is the next Crispin Porter and yes, I work at Stephens Fenton.
9: 47pm….
…do you know where you work?
Is it Fenton Stephens or Stephens Fenton?
With people like you at the agency they’re bound to be the new Crispin Porter.
Not.
@ 6:45.
The irony was lost on you.
The irony was lost but the not gag remained. Shishkebab!
Surely Stephens Fenton will be the new Porter Crispin.
A little more sleep required, 6:45am.
good to see people who put their name on the door, put their balls on the block and start employing people, doing well….great stuff guys.
wristy’s all round.
“Gordon is a great thinker, but more, he’s a cross-channel thinker which is perfectly aligned with how we work. He thinks for the medium, whatever that medium might be.”
Come on, stop talking like this.
How did the real estate agent sneak into the shot?
“Thank you, Mr. Hooker.”
@11:01
Whilst we’re on that quote, I thought it also came across sounding a bit muddled and contradictory. Because, in the context of big-picture ideas, if he’s a ‘cross-channel thinker’ that is to suggest a ‘media-neutral thinker’, perhaps the line should’ve read “He thinks BEYOND the medium’ rather than ‘FOR the medium’.
Anyway, whatever. I feel a lot better now that I’ve got that off my chest.
I remember him as a cross dresser. Good onya Gordo. I’ll book your couch for cup week.
11.01 et al, you’re all f….ng idiots.
Who could bemoan someone having a crack in our industry, and all you can do is overly interogate a quotation.
Why don’t all you lazy, salary earning, overpaid creatives working in the capitalist equivalent of a sheltered workshop admire two people who you might be asking for a job very soon when one of your clients leaves and your ugly arse gets sacked because you’re a nice to have, not need to have.
Geez, 2:19. Just… calm down… eee-asy does it, big fella…
No one’s knocking anyone for having a go. I happen to KNOW these guys are really good operators. 11:01 was commenting on the spin; and I was just pointing out an anomaly IN that spin. AND, I thought I was being sufficiently self-deprecating and facetious. So yeah, it’s all good!
We all know every agency has to talk that way from time to time. God knows I’ve had to write my own fair share about ‘cross-pollinating touchpoints’; ‘aligning hierarchical paradigms’; and ‘prioritising stakeholder synergies and outcomes.’ It’s a small part of what we do.
At least we’re not in a government department – they get so buried in that shit they forget what they’re talking about. (Check out a book called ‘Death Sentence’ – it’s a really good read on corporate language.)
NOW… do ya feel better? Have a bump of this. Yeah, no, it’s OK. They’re both for you.
Dave Lunnie, you lovely man.
5.25.
It’s the other way round.
Go doos!
Casa Gordobla. El Cabalo Blanco!