DDB NZ bolsters creative team with 4 new hires – Zac Lancaster and Tom Cunliffe from .99 + Adam Barnes and James O’Sullivan from Ogilvy NZ
DDB New Zealand today announced the appointment of four new team members within the creative department with Zac Lancaster (left) and Tom Cunliffe (right) joining from .99 and Adam Barnes and James O’Sullivan joining from Ogilvy New Zealand.
When Lancaster and Cunliffe were at .99 they had worked on ‘Westpac Dairy Industry Awards’, which was named December’s NAB Newspaper Ad of the Month. Prior to this the team sharpened their skills at Clemenger BBDO in Wellington. They have worked on major brands including Westpac, NZTA, Air New Zealand and KiwiRail.
Barnes (left) and O’Sullivan (right) have made their mark in the industry having won a Bronze Young Gun, a D&AD shortlist and a Radio Orca, all in their first two years on the job at Ogilvy New Zealand. Their work for KFC and L&P gained huge kudos in the industry.
Says Andy Fackrell, DDB Group ECD: “These guys have the right balance of bold smarts and good humour that we need to make our clients successful. And they’re nice guys to boot.”

13 Comments
Most handsome ginger team I’ve ever seen. Go boys!
yesssssssss.
Nice hires DDB.
And kudos to Adam and James for calling it time on the red shed. You’ll go far.
Zac & Tom are great guys – good hire DDB
Tom I see you went with the heels for the photo 😉
Nice work chaps
Love you son.
Not bad for a couple of boys who used to stack my firewood.
Shot lads!
Zac, see you at softball training.
good on you Tom.
Mark, is “stack my firewood” a euphemism for something?
You can hardly see Zacs hand on me.
Help me, I’m stuck to Tom’s face!
I mean well done lads, you deserve it.
(Mike G).
Good score guys. Good hire for DDB too.