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Resolution Digital is one of the seven Omnicom Media Group (OMG) agencies that moved into the condensed open plan office for the holding group in Sydney's South Eveleigh in July 2022.
Each agency has a relatively equal section - except the largest, OMD, which occupies two levels - of the heritage-listed late 1800s building complex which was occupied by so-called dirty trades, including blacksmiths and boiler makers, to build trains prior to 1988 when reconstruction started to build today's technology park.
While the OMG agencies had a design agency, an interior architecture company and a project manager for the remodelling, each had automotomy over its interior design.
Klaus Germann, general manager at Resolution Digital, told AdNews: “The ask was to create a space that our people could identify with, making sure our space brought our agency branding to life."
OMG's communal area. Resolution Digital's office is on the bottom level to the left.
Due to the heritage of OMG's building, the agencies had to juggle local council restrictions with modernising the space to be fit for one of Australia's biggest holding groups when redesigning.
The heritage-listed pillars within Reso's office.
Resolution Digital staff in the office kitchen.
Office kitchen with light orange accents.
Reso's kitchen features every appliance under the sun, including a fully stocked drinks fridge and snack pantry which OMG staff can request an unlimited selection of goodies on-demand through an in-house ordering service.
Office kitchen with light orange accents.
Reso's wall branding which is repeated in many sections of the office. The logo is centred in the middle of the wall with a pattern of surrounding circles that extends to the end of the wall.
One row of desks featuring Reso wall decals.
Overview of desks featuring Reso wall decals.
Like many agencies post-COVID, every OMG office hot-desks. Staff use an online system to book a desk and other meeting rooms they wish.
Due to hot desking, Reso staff use lockers to keep their belongings in.
Three medium-sized meeting rooms; each feature the repeated wall decals and are complete with all the tech needed for Zoom calls.
Smaller and more casual meeting booths.
Reso staff.
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