Dylan Harrison DDB Sydney’s new ECD

Tim Burrowes

September 22, 2010 8:48

Dylan Harrison has quit Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand after less than seven months to become DDB Sydney’s new executive creative director.

Harrison, who has previously worked at DDB London, only started with Saatchi & Saatchi in February.

Among the work he is best known for from the UK was the VW Polo singing dog ad.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.

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3 COMMENTS

Eek 22 Sep 10

Welcome home-ish Dylan.

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Sarah L 22 Sep 10

HAHAHAHAHA I love that add, it is hysterical! What a creative man to create that wacky commerical, the song is stuck in my head now grrrrrr…..

Hope Dylan has a nice holiday until he starts his new job.

I was so amused by the add, I just posted it on my own blog – well done Dylan and Mumbrella! Best website 😉

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Alan 24 Sep 10

Love this ad. Typical of the creative work DDB London do for VW. Now, if only VW Australia had such great marketing people working for them, we might be able to see equally as good work here. Not.

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