Plankton swim with big fish at Saatchi Sydney

April 13 2012, 2:07 pm | BY Lynchy | 11 Comments

Plankton 1.jpgCB Exclusive – Top Kiwi creative duo Plankton (Tara McKenty and Iain Nealie) formerly with Whybin\TBWA in Auckland have swum the ditch to become the latest in a series of new creatives to join Damon Stapleton and Michael Rebelo’s expanding Sydney team.

Plankton (“we’re tiny, but our ambitions are huge”) established an international following in

2010 after they issued an IPO (‘Initial Plankton Offer’), floating shares in their future to fund a

trip to Cannes.

At Whybin\TBWA they worked on campaigns for Adidas, Absolut, Nissan, Serrato, Playstation

and Visa, and travelled around the network contributing to several major global pitches.

They were recently named in Campaign’s Top 50 emerging talent portfolio.

Plankton joined the Saatchi Sydney team in late March, and according to ECD DamonStapleton, they’re already making their mark.

Says Stapleton: “They have a complete disregard for discipline and convention. Their imagination is huge – nothing is impossible – and they have the courage and chutzpah to pull things off with clients who want to do things differently. They’re the perfect fit for our new team.”