McSweeney appointed creative director at McCann Sydney – replaces Ingvoldstad, who moves to McCann CRM specialist MRM Worldwide
Vince McSweeney has transferred from the McCann Melbourne CD gig – where he has been for four years – to the role of McCann Sydney creative director, replacing Erik Ingvoldstad, who will concentrate on thecreative development within the CRM sphere – including search, direct,social and data – for McCann CRM specialist MRM Worldwide.
McSweeney is on the McCann Regional Creative Council and has been the recipient of a number of creative awards – both client and industry – as well as a prestigious HK McCann Award – one of only a handful given globally each year for truly outstanding performance.
Says Chris Mort, McCann Worldgroup CEO: “Vince is a tremendous talent and McCann Sydney is very fortunate to have him in the CD role. His contemporary multi-discipline approach to creative coupled with an ever present competitive streak makes him a great leader and asset.”
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Time to start wearing shirts to work big fella. Congrats.
GO Scotie the hottie
Scotie (pronounced Scotty) the hottie shouldn’t envy someone else getting the McCann Sydney CD gig.
The two words creative and mcann should not be used in the same sentence.
And the price of a CD plummets south…
Just like JWT. A cheap option shuffling from within. Won’t change anything.
What happened to Scot Waterhouse? Surely his record speaks for itself. And what happened to Mike Thomas former ECD there?
What happened to Scot Waterhouse? He was at McCanns. Surely his record speaks for itself. A top bloke too. And whatever happened to Mike Thomas who was ECD there last year?
No need to get your knickers in a knot Craig because Scot has a fan club.
Dear Veronicas, something seems to have been lost in translation.
I’m the president of the Scot fan club.
Unfortunately my post was censored, resulting in the removal of my rather indelicate suggestion that the main pre-requisite to be CD of McCann Sydney is to have a …
Love, Anonymous (aka ‘Craig’)
How could you go past Scot Waterhouse for that role.
Then again, maybe he is better off out of it.
“has been the recipient of a number of creative awards”…Clarification please.
Fold your arms.
Browlow was the last proper CD in the place. No disrespect to Mike Thomas but he only handled MasterCard. Not sure about Vince dunno the bloke but I wish him well with the suits…
Where is Mike Thomas now???
How did Erik “Ingo” Ingvolstad take the news?
How does anyone who’s been sacked by McCann (McCan’t) Erickson take the news, 1:34?
If you’re like me, it’s the start of a life-long campaign of hatred and ridicule for the agency that continues long after the people responsible for one’s demise have either left the agency or left this life to burn in Hell.
Yours in permanent bitterness,
Anonymous.
McCann Management thought hiring a guy from O/S was the way forward. They got it wrong. They got it wrong. They got it wrong.