SAATCHI & SAATCHI HIRE & HIRE

The ranks of the Saatchi & Saatchi creative department have been bolstered with the announcement today of two new high profile appointments.

In Wellington, Scott Henderson (currently CD at Ogilvy) joins as associate creative director working closely with GM Cameron Harland as partner to CD Tim Hall (all three pictured left). While in Auckland, Slade Gill, formerly at Network BBDO, South Africa (pictured below) joins as creative group head and partner to Stephen De Wolf.

Henderson says joining Saatchi & Saatchi is a very attractive prospect: “The decision to move to Saatchi was based on the agency’s values and culture. The opportunity to work with people of the calibre of Mike O, Tim, Cameron and the wider Saatchi team was simply too good to pass up. I’m looking forward to contributing to an agency with an ongoing history of producing some of New Zealand’s most loved ideas.”

Gill is equally enthusiastic about his move: “I’ve admired the work from New Zealand, and particularly Saatchi, from afar for some years now. So I’m delighted to get the chance to join an office that punches so far above its weight on the international creative stage.”

Meanwhile, award-winning copywriter Kate Catalinac is leaving to join Goodby Silverstein in San Francisco at the end of the month.

“Jeff Goodby knows talent when he sees it,” says Tim Hall. “We will miss Kate’s spark, drive and of course her impeccable dress sense. However, Scott is an awesome hire for us – he’s a great art director and he will play a big part in the future of Saatchi & Saatchi  Wellington.”

Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand ECD Mike O’Sullivan adds: “Kate and her partner Sam have done some fantastic work over the last three years and it’s a testament to the quality of that work that Kate leaves us to join such a creatively respected overseas agency.

“For our own part, I’m really excited to have Scott and Slade join us. Scott brings a wealth of experience across a range of clients on both sides of the ditch, while Slade has built on an award-winning career that began with the famous ‘Tock Tick’ ad for Olay. It’s a pleasure to welcome them both aboard.”