Host picks up V8 Supercars creative and hires Julian Watt as ECD

Watt and Mackintosh

Creative agency Host has announced it has been appointed the creative agency for V8 Supercars and has also picked up former GPY&R Sydney creative lead Julian Watt as an executive creative director.

Watt departed Y&R Group last November after nearly four years, and will join existing ECD Bob Mackintosh who joined Host in March last year.

In a statement he said: “I’ve always appreciated Host’s commitment to bold, ambitious and effective ideas for its clients. Provocative thinkers. I’m excited to join in and amplify that.”