The industry’s nicest
In this roundJohn Mescall
In this round up from the Encore and Mumbrella annual, we celebrate the nicest people working in the industry.
1. John Mescall, ECD, McCann Australia
When was the last time you cried watching an ad? Mescall was behind The Impossible Orchestra – a 24-hour musical tribute to the 2.6m Australians who take care of sick or disabled loved ones – which got the audience blubbing. It was a campaign with heart, and that’s what Mescall (who devotes lots of his time working with charities) is all about. A genuine, bullshit-free bloke with bags of talent.
All these ‘nicest people’ are in senior roles, with relatively public personas to maintain.
How about the ‘unknown’ nicest people? Those who labour in the depths of agencies and don’t get recognised for their genuine niceness?
It woul be nice (no pun) to see these people recognised sometimes, not just those in better paid and more public roles.