Colenso BBDO NZ/Proximity continues agency growth with six new creative appointments

Colenso BBDO/Proximity has continued its growth with six new creative hires.

Jordan Dale, Clemens Zlami, Ben Barnes, Matt Webster, Darryl Wong and Kim Pick are among the latest creatives to join the team at 100 College Hill.

Says Wayne Pick (left), executive creative director, Colenso BBDO/Proximity: “I’m absolutely chuffed to have these guys on board as Proximity continues to grow. They are all great innovators in the digital, direct, social and integrated space and I’m excited about the creative opportunities for them here. We’ve already got some exciting projects underway for clients like Spark, BNZ and Visa.”

Art director Jordan Dale joined from Ogilvy, where his campaigns included the award-winning Forest & Bird campaign. Axis student of the year in 2013, he’s already picked up Caples Gold and a D&AD Yellow and Graphite Pencil for his work. He teams up with his former copywriter Clemens Zlami, who returns from Naked Melbourne.

Senior creatives Ben Barnes and Matt Webster joined ex DDB/Rapp NZ, where they were digital group heads. Their social and experiential projects included Westpac Giving Tree and Steinlager Change the Bottle, Change The Game.

Senior writer Darryl Wong and creative director Kim Pick have also now joined the permanent team at College Hill. Pick, formerly writer and CD at Saatchi and Saatchi in London, was most recently executive creative director of Rapp New York and continued to work remotely for the New York office following her return to New Zealand. She’s jointly led alongside Wayne Pick at agencies TBWA\TEQUILA, Rapp New York and New Zealand. Wong is a long time collaborator, and has also previously worked with the pair at Rapp New Zealand.

Pick said Proximity was continuing to bring new talent on board.