BMF bolsters Sydney creative team
BMF has made a number of additions to its creative department, with Justin Ruben, Nigel Clark and Alex Booker joining as associate creative director, copywriter and art director, respectively.
The announcement:
“In an effort to replace Brad Waggoner, BMF have reeled in some keen fisherman,” stated Dylan Taylor, Executive Creative Director, BMF.
Justin Ruben has joined BMF as Associate Creative Director where he will be working on a range of accounts including Tooheys.
Over the course of his career Justin has worked at various agencies both here and abroad. He was most recently at Publicis Mojo Sydney and prior to that BBH New
York.Justin has created award winning campaigns such as: Peters Drumstick (Summer Rituals), Nike (Stuff History), WaterAid (Blackwater Springs) and Toyota (A car to be proud of).
Copywriter, Nigel Clark is a born and bred Kiwi who started his career at Publicis Mojo, Auckland. He graced the shores of Sydney in 2001-2002 and swore he would return.
In 2007, Nigel made the move to join US Sydney where he has been until making the decision to move to BMF. Since starting, he has managed to bag his fair share of awards working on accounts such as Glassons, Hallensteins, Auckland City Mission, SBS and most recently the illustrious silver at Noise’s Ping-Pong tournament.
Alex Booker started off his career at LOUD, Sydney in 1999. After that, he freelanced with several agencies before signing on with Young and Rubicam, Sydney where he worked predominantly on Telstra and Foxtel.
In 2005 Alex packed it all in to live in an old ambulance and surf his way through Europe and Northern Africa for a year before settling down in Sweden where he worked for 2 years, picking up a few tips on Scandinavian design.
Returning to Australia, he took up a full time position at M&C Saatchi where he worked on several award-winning campaigns before moving to BMF as Art Director at the start of 2011.
