Lukas Temple joins BCM Media and Creative as new Managing Director

Full-service independent agency, BCM Media and Creative (part of BCM Group), has today announced the appointment of senior strategy and creative executive, Lukas Temple, as its new Managing Director.

In the newly created role, Temple (above left) will be responsible for overseeing client growth and the operations of BCM Media and Creative, including media buying and planning, creative campaign development, digital strategy and branding.

As part of his new role, Temple will join the BCM Group management team, which includes Erin Core (below left), who heads up BCM’s research division, Veracity Research and Insights, and Emma Bedsor (below centre) and Mia Hamilton (below right), who oversee its public relations and communications agency, IVY Social and PR. As part of the leadership team expansion, current Managing Director Phil McDonald (above right) will move into the BCM Group CEO role.

Temple is a highly experienced media and creative industry leader, having worked for a number of media agencies and brands across his 20-year career.

Before joining BCM, Temple was the Head of Strategy and Creative at independent agency, Cogency, integrating multidisciplinary marketing services, while managing creative teams across three locations.

He has also had a stint at Youi Insurance as Chief Brand Officer, along with account and communications director roles at Ikon, UM and Starcom.

Commenting on Temple’s appointment, McDonald says: “While many in our category are cutting senior roles, we are doing the opposite and investing in market leading talent. Lukas brings senior strategy, data and media smarts to the BCM Group at both a client and media agency management level. As a past CMO, he knows the challenges that marketers are facing and how to help overcome them.

“The BCM media offering is about multiplying the impact of clients’ budgets and ensuring effectiveness is embedded into everything we do – Lukas will supercharge that as part of our existing agency team.”

Says Temple: “The concentration of talent and experience within BCM Group has blown me away. It’s a team I wouldn’t define simply by its services, but by its impressive track record of effectiveness.

The constant fragmentation of marketing solutions and value is a real challenge for brands and marketers. BCM Group is clearly solving that challenge with its clients, and I’m delighted to be part of delivering such a valuable solution.”

Temple’s appointment comes on the back of a solid growth year for BCM, with client wins across search, social and research, including Messi Fragrances, Apollo Motorhomes, Queensland Police Service and the Queensland Fire Department.

BCM is an award-winning group, with more than 35 staff across its creative, research and social media offerings. It recently won at Spikes Asia in the media, data-driven targeting category, the 2024 Effies in the Positive Change Category and at the 2025 Mumbrella Awards for Mumbrella Award for Data – Driven Marketing, Mumbrella Award for Insight and Pro Bono Campaign of the Year.

Temple’s appointment is effective immediately.

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