HYWEL JAMES, TIM HUSE SNAPPED UP BY SAATCHI & SAATCHI 'IDEAS DEPARTMENT'

Saatchi & Saatchi has scored the services of multi-award winning Tim Huse (bottom left) and Hywel James (top left) to be group heads in its new-look ‘Ideas Department’.
“Tim Huse always got ads, but a big attraction for us is that he totally gets the new media landscape too,” says Auckland Creative Director, Toby Talbot. “He’s one of the new breed of creatives who can do anything from a website to a billboard. He may be a good-looking lad but, reassuringly, he’s a bit of a geek on the inside.
“Hywel James has been freelancing with us for a few months now and he’s really impressed the agency. Personally, it will be fantastic to have someone in our department whose name gets mis-spelled even more than my own.”
James has won some serious awards in a very short space of time, including an elusive Gold AWARD pencil and an even more coveted D&AD Yellow Pencil, as well as three D&AD Yellow Pencil nominations.
Talbot says the pair will be joining the new look department alongside the agency’s other recent hirings, Levi Slaven and Dave Govier, the ex Colenso BBDO creative team behind the Tip Top ‘Undies’, Fresh Up and Frank ad campaigns: “The return of Sonya Berrigan and the arrival of Adam Olivera as Interactive CD makes for a great starting line up for next year," adds Talbot.
“On a sad note, we also have to announce that after 12 years at the agency, Basil Christensen and Damon ‘O Leary are leaving us to pursue a whole new challenge as creative directors of Ogilvy. I guess that’s a long time to be working in the same agency,” says Talbot.
“Though they know the DNA of Saatchi runs through them, Bas and Damon feel that the time is right to move on and they are looking forward to working once more for the guys who first hired them here in 1994, Roy and Jeremy.
"They are family and we will miss them. And so, might I add, will Cibos.”