Ogilvy ANZ has appointed Ant Simmons group creative director, joining the Melbourne team.
He joins from Heartland where he was founder of the independent agency, working with an international client base including Mecca Brands Australia and Heineken Asia Pacific.
He also worked on the launch of sexual consent advocacy campaign Teach Us Consent, lead by Chanel Contos.
Simmons was also previously creative director at Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne, responsible for delivering integrated thinking across traditional and non-traditional formats.
This resulted in the delivery of awarded work for Myer, Deadly & Proud for Treaty, plus leading the re-brand of Belong and launching AFLW.
Other senior roles including Asia-Pac regional creative director at global branding agency Elmwood, and strategy director at Passport Brand Consultancy.
Ogilvy Melbourne ECD, Hilary Badger, said Simmons’ unique combination of creative and strategic experience was reflected in his depth of thinking along the journey from brief to creative outcome.
“Ant brings world-class platform thinking teamed with global ambition. As well as his exceptional ideas, we’re thrilled to have his craft skills within our strong team," she said.
"Ant is also an outstanding creative leader, who can create growth not only for our clients, but for our team. As a mentor, he’ll have an eye on career development for both our existing rising stars and new joiners to Ogilvy.”
Simmons he has had the pleasure of working alongside Badger for many years at Clemenger Melbourne and it’s great to have a strong working relationship already in place.
"Hil has created a great space to do good work on arguably Australia’s and indeed the world’s most notable clients," he said.
Ogilvy ANZ has made several other senior creative appointments this year; in May it announced that Clark Edwards would be joining as joint Sydney ECD with Bridget Jung and Hilary Badger was also appointed as Melbourne ECD in January.
Simmons starts immediately.
Have something to say on this? Share your views in the comments section below. Or if you have a news story or tip-off, drop us a line at adnews@yaffa.com.au
Sign up to the AdNews newsletter, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for breaking stories and campaigns throughout the day.