Toby Hussey departs The Monkeys for managing director role at Bear Meets Eagle On Fire
Bear Meets Eagle On Fire (BMEOF) has announced the arrival of Toby Hussey to the newly created role of managing director.
Hussey previously spent nearly a decade at Wieden+Kennedy across its offices in London, Portland and New York.
He worked with Southern Comfort on its much awarded “Whatever’s Comfortable” campaign, and helped relaunch the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, after a lengthy period of refurbishment.
Relocating to Sydney in 2015, he took up the account lead role on ALDI at BMF and helped to develop and launch “Good Different”. He joins BMEOF from agency The Monkeys, where he was the account lead on Telstra.
Says Hussey: “When a company with ‘bear, eagle and fire’ in their name reaches out, you have to listen.
“The work Micah and Josh have made over their careers speaks for itself, and I’ve been quietly envious of what they’ve been doing at Bear. The opportunity to join that journey and help shape and grow the business is something I just couldn’t look past.
“I genuinely believe that at a time when successful and ambitious brands are rethinking the way they work, the unique vision and shape of Bear makes for an exciting future, rather than a scary one.”
Micah Walker, co-founder of BMEOF, said the pairs shared history at W+K helped shortcut the process of getting to know one another: “Toby and I didn’t crossover in Portland, but we’ve both worked with and grown close to a lot of the same folks. It’s so important to find people with shared ambitions and values if you want to build something worth caring about. And you need that alignment for the inevitable two steps forward – one step back, nature of trying to build something different.
“We believe we’ve found that with Toby and we’re excited for him to jump right in.”
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YES!
This guy is smart and kind.
Smarter move
My man! Can’t wait to see what you guys do together.
One of the best. Love this guy!
x
top guy, champion of great creative work. had a very tough and short run at Leo’s but bounced back strongly after that. good luck Toby.
whip smart suit and a gentleman to boot.
a proper creative professional.
bear are one to watch.
Thanks for the very kind words, folks. I’m stupidly excited. If you’re a business or individual keen to collaborate and make good things happen, please get in touch.
Also, I think my dog may have commented on Campaign Brief? I’m glad to know he holds me in high regard!
I don’t know Toby, but it’s good to see that an agency that cares about craft and ideas growing and hiring in this market. Good luck all.
About time you stopped loafing about watching the Sopranos
Congrats mate, you’ll kill it
Monkey, Bear, Eagle? What is this bloke, a zookeeper?
Your shirt could do with an iron. Nice beard though.
i don’t live with toby, let alone live with him.
and i’m a cat, so i hate most things.
but.
i wish he worked at my agency.
Toby is a beautiful man. I love him.