Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney appoints Rebecca Carrasco to deputy executive CD role
Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney has appointed Rebecca Carrasco as deputy executive creative director, effective immediately. She will work alongside deputy executive creative director Sesh Moodley and chief creative officer Mike Spirkovski.
In 2015, Carrasco was lured away from her role as creative director at Clemenger BBDO Sydney to become head of Creative Shop for Facebook and Instagram, Australia and New Zealand. Prior to Clemenger, Carrasco was co-founder and executive creative director at Colman Rasic Carrasco.
Carrasco’s work has won an impressive number of Best In Show and Campaign of the Year awards. She has won Creative of the Year, an Asia Pacific Child Rights Award for her MTV Exit Foundation campaign and a United Nations Award. Her work has been awarded globally at Cannes, One Show, Clios Awards, New York Festivals and AWARD.
Her own agency, Colman Rasic Carrasco, was AdNews Emerging Agency of the Year 2008 and she has received an Australia Day Award for studies in Visual Communication. Carrasco has been a director on the Australasian Writers & Art Directors (AWARD) Committee and served as the National AWARD School head.
Says Spirkovski: “Rebecca is an inspiring creative leader who has accomplished much in her career and I’m thrilled to have her join Saatchi & Saatchi.
“Her work is outstanding, as is her passion for helping nurture the aspiring future talents of our industry. Above all, Rebecca is brave, highly optimistic and shares our passion for making work that matters.”
Says Carrasco: “Everyone strives for amazing work, but achieving it comes down to the people around you, and their desire to see others succeed. I’ve worked with Mike Spirkovski before; we’re excited by the same work and I really respect the way people are encouraged to get to it. I’ve given a lot of consideration to what’s next, and I now look forward to joining what is already a great team.”
23 Comments
Well done!!
They are lucky to have you.
Looking forward to see what comes out S&S now.
The best and kindest person I have had the pleasure to work with. They are lucky (really lucky) to have her
In a time when so many good people are loosing their jobs, it’s nice to read something positive. All the best Becs.
welcome back
Congrats Rebecca.
If she’s the Deputy ECD, who is the ECD?
Brilliant work Saatchi! Talented hire and wonderful to see a woman in senior roles.
agree with little lady. Also great to see a mum in this role. Go girl!!
A pair beats one? No pun intended.
Nice move Spriko.
With the same comment as the previous Tom.
The best, kindest, most inspiring, most nurturing, most empowering, most tea drinking person I’ve worked with. TR
Well done Rebecca.
I agree with all the above.
May I interrupt the flow of positive comments to be petty enough to lambaste you for your illiteracy? It’s ‘lose’ not ‘loose’. Your pants are loose, your grasp of English is loose. In the quest for credibility you lose. See the difference? God help us if you’re employed as a writer.
r/iamverysmart
Smart enough to not post the same comment twice.
Ha ha, I win.
signed, @happy to read.
@happy to read
what you might lack in relevance, you more than make up for in dreariness.
Confirms my suspicion that working for Facebook (and Google creative labs thingy/wotever) sounds better than the reality.
I suspect there was another, former high-flying ex-advertising ECD), who left FB recently. Have yet to hear a good word about the place.
Well done, Rebecca, your timing is impeccable.
She just couldn’t Face it anymore…
I hear it is a part-time gig. Now that’s something worth talking about.
ECD, mother and part-time.
This just might be the crack that breaks it.
Finally!
Part time deputy ECD and a 1 day a week CCO. I like Saatchis flexible work structure.
It’s ‘lambast’.
The other is what you do to a shoulder when putting it in the oven.
it’s lambaste (with an e)