Kieran Burke joins Agency Next Door in the role of managing partner and strategy director

L-R: Jay Woods (partner/creative director), Kieran Burke (managing partner), Nathan Crouch (partner/co-founder PeriscoPe), Martin Corr (partner/co-founder PeriscoPe).

After a successful 14 years leading client service at Monster Children Creative, Kieran Burke recently departed the company and has joined Burleigh Heads-based creative practice Agency Next Door.

Launched 18 months ago by partner and creative director Jay Woods, A.N.D is a full-service offering that evolved from the humble and sincere pitch of adding value to lifestyle brands through strategy, ideas, and creative execution.

Burke will be responsible for A.N.D’s commercial growth and strategic direction while managing client relationships.

Woods said the agency’s rapid growth demanded someone with Burke’s experience to help steer the ship: “The last 18 months have been a happy blur, and KB’s contribution to the agency’s structure is overdue. He’s a bloody nice guy with a global outlook and a craftsman’s attention to detail; plus, his expertise adds immense value to the agency’s future and our immediate service offering”.

Burke said the partnership with Woods felt inevitable after a decade of the pair’s careers intertwining: “I engaged Jay as a freelancer numerous times at MC and was always impressed by his strategic approach and ability to deliver pure creative thinking. With the proven success of working well together on major projects, deep down, I always hoped we could join forces on something of our own.”

A.N.D’s offering spans integrated campaign development, branding and identity development, web and digital design, brand experience activation, and creative production.

As the logo suggests, A.N.D’s pursuit of success is driven by the philosophy and overlap of art and data to reach creative nirvana.

To deliver on this promise, A.N.D has formed a strategic partnership with e-commerce growth agency PeriscoPe (Culture Kings, ModiBodi, LSKD, Lego) to understand and leverage the data opportunity created from paid advertising activity to deliver creative solutions that connect with the evolving and fast-paced brand and customer acquisition landscape.