Kellogg’s appoints VML as digital agency

Cereal maker Kellogg’s has appointed Y&R Group Sydney’s VML as its digital agency for Australia and New Zealand, dropping incumbent agency Tongue.

The appointed is welcome news for Y&R, which brought in new MD Andrew Dowling to run the struggling Sydney office late last year following the departure of group CEO Russel Howcroft to Ten.

The appointment comes at a period of considerable change for the typically steady Kellogg’s account. The company hired Leo Burnett Sydney last year, breaking JWT’s exclusive hold on the business.

And late 2012, Kellogg’s marketing chief John Broome said that he wanted to take more risks this year as the company eyes faster growth in new categories.

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