Clemenger grows creative department by six

The creative department at Clemenger has hired creative directors (CD) Heidi Kesselman and Anthony Cassidy; creative resource director Lizzie Slattery; senior creative Jake Blood; copywriter Talia Stone; and art director Zaneta Vincent.

Kesselman is moving from Singapore where she has worked as a freelance CD for the likes of BBH and TBWA. She has spent 15 years leading creative teams, including more than three years as global creative director for Porsche with BBDO Germany, and for Mercedes-Benz, PepsiCo and MARS during her five-year stint with Network BBDO in Johannesburg.

Cassidy has relocated from the UK where he led teams in both in-house and agency environments, holding roles including brand creative director for Marks and Spencer and CD with Arcadia Group and specialist fashion and retail creative communications agency, Portas. 

Slattery returns home to Melbourne after a seven years in London, most recently at We Are Social where she rose up the ranks to head resource management for London, resourcing up to 200 people a day across five departments.

Blood joins from three years with Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne. He has also held creative roles with M&C Saatchi, DDB Aotearoa NZ and Saatchi & Saatchi NZ. 

Vincent joins from T2 Tea, bringing VM and retail branding experience, while Stone joins from three years at Deloitte following her graduation in AWARD School’s Top 10.