McCann appoints new Sydney MD and eyes expansion of its media business
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McCann Australia has appointed Whybin\TBWA group head Adam Lee to the newly created role of managing director of the Sydney office, Mumbrella can reveal.
Lee joins the agency following nearly two years at Whybin\TBWA working on accounts such as Tourism New Zealand, Hahn SuperDry, TAB and Luxbet.
However, he came to the attention of McCann’s national CEO Ash Farr during his 11 years with Ogilvy & Mather as business director, where he worked in competition with them on the Coca-Cola brands account of which is split between the two agencies.
Congratulations Adam. Sorry to see you leave TBWA but this is clearly a well-deserved next step for one of the smartest – and nicest – people I know in this business. Sounds like a stellar opportunity too. I’ll be cheering your continued success with gusto! All the best, Fran
why don’t they just do a combined job with UM on media pitches and vice versa on creative pitches, UM should speak to mccann
Hi @paul. Naturally we do combine with UM on pitches where and when we can. This isn’t always possible though and is not always the clients’ preference. Indeed, McCANN’s media offering has been developed in response to specific client requirements, just as UM has developed its own creative services for its clients who have asked for them. McCANN and UM will continue to integrate our respective strategic, creative and media services across our shared clients. And we each collaborate with other media and other creative partners where that is a clients’ preference. Bottom line – we’ve each evolved our offerings to optimally serve the specific needs of each and every client.