Senior strategist Lucy Gavan joins McCann Sydney
January 28, 2021 11:23
Following yesterday’s announcement of the hires of creatives Josh Aitken and Willy Maitland, McCann Sydney has revealed Lucy Gavan has joined the agency as senior strategist.
Gavan joins from Interbrand
Gavan joins from Interbrand where she worked on rebranding projects for Telstra, Westpac, Federation Square and Sydney Opera House. Her skills in redefining brands from strategy all the way to experience will be leveraged by the McCann team.
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“Our goal is always to attract curious and intuitive minds to deliver strategic and creative solutions to clients at every stage of the brand journey. Lucy’s experiences in creating antidotes for fading propositions will help elevate our strategic and creative offering in Sydney,” Hegerman said.
Former Clems Sydney duo Josh Aitken and Willy Maitland follow Ben Coulson to McCann
January 27, 2021 10:53
McCann is continuing to build out its creative team in Sydney, bringing duo Josh Aitken and Willy Maitland on board as creative directors.
The pair have previously worked with McCann Sydney’s chief creative officer Ben Coulson at Clemenger BBDO Sydney. Coulson made the move to McCann in June last year, meanwhile Aitken joins directly from the agency and Maitland comes after a year at AnalogFolk following his departure from Clemenger Sydney.
Josh Aitken and Willy Maitland have joined McCann Sydney
Aitken and Maitland said in a statement that they would follow Coulson anywhere.