JimJam hires DDI’s John Speers as it looks to conquer ‘wild west’ of communication

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General manager of DDI Australia John Speers has left the agency to join his former DDB Sydney colleagues Andrew Crocker and Charlie Cook at creative outfit JimJam.

Speers had been running client services at DDI for the past six years, and joins Sydney-based JimJam as managing partner. The agency has also hired Dean Andrews from Paykel Media as managing director, with Speers saying having a media planning capability in house made it easier to co-ordinate creative executions across different disciplines.

“Over the last few years we’ve witnessed the wild west of communication, where many have been peddling silver bullets – new solutions promising everything,” said Speers.