Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand has appointed two executive creative director, Jordan Sky and Lee Sunter.
Sky internally hs been promoted after being with Saatchi & Saatchi for the past eight years as creative director. Sky has worked across many of Saatchi’s clients and was behind the multi award-winning Global Women work of last year.
Steve Cochran, Saatchi & Saatchi CCO said: “The promotion of Jordan is not only testament to his tenure here at Saatchi but also to his contribution to the work, his relationships with clients, his mentorship of teams and his popularity with everyone else. When we announced this news to the agency the cheers and applause was huge. And actually, it went on for an awkward amount of time.”
Lee Sunter also joins as an ECD, moving from Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne. Sunter was ranked No. 1 Creative Director in Asia Pacific by One Club for Creativity last year.
He will be responsible for creatively leading major accounts in Melbourne such as Visit Victoria, Bank of Melbourne and Toyota Australia, Sunter’s CV includes Snickers work that featured both in Forbes and YouTube's Top 5 Most Shared & Watched Videos, and the Deadly Questions campaign that drove change in the Parliament of Australia.
Cochran said: “Lee brings more than 20 years of experience working at some great agencies with great people, he brings a great portfolio with many award-winning projects, he brings a passion for art direction, design, innovation and craft, he brings a nice natured manner with a British accent, and he brings his three young kids and kiwi wife to live in Aotearoa. Bring it on Lee.”
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