Adrián Flores departs Clemenger BBDO
Clemenger BBDO’s chief creative officer Adrián Flores has left the agency after less than a year in the role, Mumbrella can reveal.
In a statement to Mumbrella on Monday morning, a Clemenger Group spokesperson confirmed the news.
“Adrián Flores has left his role as chief creative officer of Clemenger BBDO Australia,” the spokesperson said.
“He has made a positive contribution to the agency, in both the work created for clients and in evolving the structure of the creative team. We thank Adrián for his efforts and wish him all the best in his future career endeavours.”
With Flores’ departure CHEP Network’s CCO Gavin McLeod looks set to lead creative at the new Clemenger BBDO.
All eyes remain on other double ups within the merged agencies’ structures, for example chief strategists Simon Wassef (Clemenger BBDO) and Lilian Sor (CHEP Network).
The Clemenger Group spokesperson told Mumbrella the structure of the unified executive leadership team will be announced “in the coming weeks”.
Flores returned to Australia in May to take on the CCO role, after a decade of overseas creative leadership roles. He joined after three years at New York-based brand consultancy Robot, part of the Spring Hill Company.
Prior to that, he held roles at VaynerMedia New York, and Publicis Groupe New York and London.
Flores’ appointment marked a big step in Clemenger BBDO’s transformation under then-CEO Dani Bassil’s leadership. Now, his departure comes as the agency prepares to swallow its Clemenger Group stablemates CHEP Network and Traffik at the end of March.
The consolidation was announced last month, with the new combined entity to be led by CHEP Network’s CEO, Lee Leggett, under Clemenger Group’s CEO, Les Timar.
Bassil has also exited as a result of the changes.
Omnicom’s creative agencies are being consolidated globally, with the Omnicom Advertising Group, announced in August last year, bringing the BBDO, DDB, TBWA, and Advertising Collective networks together.
The new Clemenger BBDO was described last month as an “integral member” of the wider BBDO Worldwide and Omnicom Advertising Group communities.
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Lauren McNamara is the associate editor at Mumbrella, covering the creative and PR beat. She joined in November 2022 as editorial assistant, after completing a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) at UTS.
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