The Brand Agency Perth ECD Marcus Tesoriero set to depart for new role based in Sydney TBA; Dean Hunt and Dan Agostino to lead creative team

Campaign Brief can reveal that awarded The Brand Agency Perth ECD Marcus Tesoriero is leaving the agency for a new, yet to be revealed ECD role in Sydney.

In his two plus years as executive creative director, Tesoriero (above right) has helped the agency win a string of major, international awards including a Silver and two Bronze Lions at Cannes, a D&AD Yellow Pencil, three Gold Lotus at Adfest plus recognition at The One Show, Clio, Spikes Asia, LIA, NY Festivals and AWARD along with Gold effectiveness awards at WARC and the Effies.

Tesoriero is heading back to Sydney, with his new role to be announced soon.

Says Nick Bayes, managing director, The Brand Agency: “Marcus has made a big impact both on the agency and the WA industry. He has achieved everything we asked him to and has helped build the most successful creative team by far in WA, firmly establishing creativity at the heart of our business. We wish him all the very best for the future.”

Says Tesoriero: “My time with The Brand Agency has been one of the most fulfilling periods in my career. I’m immeasurably proud of what the agency and creative team have achieved together, recently announced as Campaign Brief WA Agency of the Year, yet again. I wish my WA family at Brand all the best to continue powering on.”

After graduating from AWARD School in the Top 10, Tesoriero started his creative career in 1999 at Ogilvy in Sydney. Ten years later he took an associate CD role at The White Agency, followed by a creative director stint at DDB Sydney. After two year stints at Affinity Sydney (as ECD) and McCann Sydney (as deputy ECD) Tesoriero headed west in January 2018 to the ECD role at The Brand Agency.

Dean Hunt (above left) will continue as The Brand Agency’s Creative Director, and will work alongside Head of Design, Dan Agostino (below) to lead the 20 strong creative team.

Hunt has been with The Brand Agency since July 2018. He came to Perth in 2016, initially as Creative Director at J Walter Thompson before joining 303 MullenLowe at the end of that year.

Prior to moving west, Hunt was founding creative director of VCCP Sydney, famous for introducing comparethemarket.com.au to Australia. He has more than 20 years’ experience working at major international and Australian agencies including Mojo, The Campaign Palace, JWT, TBWA and BMF. His work has won multiple awards at the Sirens, D&AD, Cannes and ADMA.

Agostino has been with the agency for more than a decade, and steadily built its Design department into one of the most successful and highly-credentialled in WA.