Richardson joins m2m Sydney as strategy lead
Sean Richardson has joined Omnicom media agency m2m as its Sydney head of strategy. Richardson joins from Bohemia, where he has been strategy director for 15 months, and brings extensive experience across multiple categories and clients, including Vodafone, Lion, Nestle, 20th Century Fox and Kia. "This is an exciting opportunity for me," Richardson says. "At m2m we have an amazing client roster with a real mix of market-leading and challenger brands. Being part of the Omnicom Group we have access to all the benefits of scale – diversity of talent, skills and technology – whilst m2m are of a size which allows us to be a tight-knit bunch with great culture and a good vibe.”
Cannes Lions judges revealed
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has today announced the juries who will select the winners of the top gongs at the festival. Encompassing a diverse spectrum of creative and international talent, 390 people from 50 countries across all juries are confirmed and two new countries – The Dominican Republic and Vietnam – join the panels for the first-time. 43% of jurors are female in 2017, a record for the Festival. The number of women on the juries has doubled in the last five years, from 21% in 2012. Of the list, 14 Australian creatives have made the list, including:
Andy Flemming, Group Creative Director, M&C Saatchi, Australia
Niccola Phillips, Head of Art, M&C Saatchi, Australia
Jason Williams, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett, Australia
Laurie Geddes, Creative Group Head, J. Walter Thompson, Australia
Robert Galluzzo, Founder & Executive Director, FINCH, Australia
Bec Brideson, Director, Bec Brideson, Australia
Imogen Hewitt, Chief Strategy Officer, Havas Media, Australia
Bradley Eldridge, Partner & Executive Creative Director, Soap Creative, Australia
David Nobay, Creative Chairman, Marcel, Australia
James Wright, Chief Executive Officer, Red Agency, Australia
Tara Ford, Creative Director, TBWA\Melbourne, Australia
Justine Metcalfe, Creative Partner, YOLO, Australia
Matt Dickson, Head of Creativity, Southern Cross Austereo, Australia
June Laffey, Executive Creative Director, McCann Health, Australia/SE Asia
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