Creatives Jon Pickersgill & Sarah Jackson depart Clemenger BBDO, Wellington for SapientNitro, Brisbane on a high note as June’s ORCA Winners
Jon Pickersgill and Sarah Jackson, who have just departed Clemenger BBDO, Wellington for a gig at SapientNitro, Brisbane, are the June ORCA Winners.
The pair scooped up the win with their anti-drug-driving campaign for the NZTA.
The judges were impressed with their perfectly palindromed scripts and creative that sits “nicely between confusing and compulsive.”
Pickersgill and Jackson now go through to the Grande ORCA finals where they’ll be in to win the trip for two to the Cannes Lions and will be spending their $500 prize money and displaying their limited edition certificates in sunny Brisbane.
In their absence, Clemenger BBDO, Wellington will host the ORCA Mark1 trophy until another creative team wins it from them, whilst NZTA win a $5000 radio schedule.
This month’s judges were Auckland-based Phil Yule (Voice Box), Trevor Plant (AUT), and Regan Grafton (DraftFCB).
ORCAs close the 15th of every month.
The creative pair are due to start working in SapientNitro’s Brisbane offices in August.
Says Ralph Barnett, creative director at SapientNitro: “Sarah and Jon are a highly successful creative team who share our ethic of idea engineering.”