Lancaster and Hitchcock open Josh & Jamie

November 17 2009, 11:48 am | BY Lynchy | 20 Comments

JOSH-JAMIE.jpgEXCLUSIVE – After working together at Clemenger BBDO, Meares Taine, Ogilvy and for the last three years at Colenso BBDO, Josh Lancaster and Jamie Hitchcock have decided that despite having young kids and pretty big mortgages, now’s the perfect time to start their own agency, called Josh & Jamie.

Says Lancaster: “We decided, over a couple of raspberry cordials, to keep things simple and call ourselves by our first names.”

 

Adds Hitchcock: “We like calling people by their first names and funnilyenough, clients do too.  In fact the last time anybody called us by ourlast names was back at school just before we got caned.”

 

For over 11 years, they’ve worked on some of New Zealand’s most iconicbrands including Fly Buys, ACC, Road Safety (NZTA), L&P,Steinlager, Lion Red, AA, Air New Zealand, Tip Top, Fisher and Paykel,Mainland and Kapiti Cheese picking up over 100 local and international,creative and effectiveness awards, along the way.

 

Says Lancaster: “We’ve also worked with some incredibly talentedadvertising leaders including Duster, Peter Biggs, Roy Meares, JeremyTaine, Roger MacDonnell, Rich Maddocks, Nick Worthington and BrentSmart and we’ve learned heaps off all of them. But now it’s our time tostart a creatively lead, unashamedly kiwi, independent agency.”

 

Says Hitchcock: “We’ve always believed great work comes from havinggreat relationships with clients. It’s no secret that the best work wehave done has always been with clients that have been able to pick upthe phone and call us directly. And now that our names are on the door,that’s how we want it to work.

 

“We’re committed to finishing off some existing work at Colenso untilthe end of the year. Then in early January we’ll be launching ourwebsite, joshandjamie.co.nz which will include a full reel of our work, before opening the doors on February 1st.” 

 

In the meantime new clients and old clients are very welcome to call Josh on 021 505 827 or Jamie on 021 505 821 or email josh@joshandjamie.co.nz or jamie@joshandjamie.co.nz.

 

Just make sure to leave them your first name.