Julia Elton-Bott moving across the country; Tom Wilson moving across the road
Marketforce art director Julia Elton-Bott is heading to Whybin/TBWA/Tequila, one of Sydney’s top agencies, where she will work under joint ECDs Matty Burton and Dave Bowman, formerly of The Glue Society and Droga5.
She said she was very excited and looking forward to working with Burton and Bowman.
The move is not unexpected. It was foreshadowed in August when it was announced Elton-Bott’s fiancee, Ryan Albuino, was joining Clemenger BBDO with creative partner Andrew Chu. Albuino and Elton-Bott are getting married in November,after which she will join him in Sydney.
Elton-Botthas been one of Perth’s leading creatives for the last five years. Hercareer kicked off on a high note when she won AWARD School in WA andnationally (the only WA winner to do so) in 2003. She has regularlybeen in the top 10 of Campaign Brief WA’s Creative Rankings and was #3on this year’s list.
She has won Campaign Brief’s ‘The WestAustralian Caxton Creative Exercise’ 4 times and went within a whiskerof making it 5 in a row this year. Impressively, those wins were with 3different writers and 4 different clients: Paul Coghlan (Zu – 2006),Murray Laird (Lotto – 2007 & Crimestoppers – 2008) and Guy Howlett(IKEA – 2009).
Meanwhile, Gatecrasher senior writer Tom Wilson has resigned from the agency andwill join Meerkats from November. Wilson has been with Gatecrasher for18 months, having joined them from Marketforce in early 2009.
Wilson’s move is a small one distance-wise. Meerkats’ office in Subiaco is just 100 metres or so from Gatecrasher.
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Well done Julia.
That is the perfect Sydney expression. You are ready.
CONGRATS Julz! Well deserved!
Sorry to see Gatecrasher lose such a fantastic writer in Tom.
On another note, good luck to the agencies trying to fill creative gaps. See what happens when Perth ad agencies continue to bend over for conservative clients? The talent pool shrinks…and shrinks..
Ad agencies: YOU’RE the experts.
Clients who think they know better: you DON’T. You pay ad agencies to do this.
Get ready Perth ad industry.. things are going to get even more boring…and all the interesting accounts will go east…
unless you stop being so pissweak.
Great opportunity Jules, you will do so well under those wings.
I will miss you dearly but am so happy to see you take this next step both in your personal and professional lives.
btw. Accounts want to know how much time you put down for retouching on this!
12.03
Interesting. Looking at this list makes pretty depressing reading after today’s news.
http://www.campaignbrief.com/wa/2010/06/30/CBWA_2010Ranks_Creatives.jpg
Time to rethink WA retention and/or renumeration strategies?
A huge loss to Marketforce, Julia was one of their greats. The creative team was what held them together. Best of luck to Julia.
Another move to Meerkats, Gavin has been busy!!
CONGRATULATIONS Julia and to your Husband to be. Look forward to hearing about your many achievements world wide!
What will Perth do without its little China doll?! 🙁
Beautiful inside and out and one of the best Art Director’s I’ve known. Perths loss is Sydneys gain.
PS don’t forget your coat in Sydney.
I was going to say, ‘well done Julia’. But I think, ‘well done Whybin/TBWA/Tequila’ would be more on the money – you’ve picked up an immense talent. Have fun Jules, we’ll miss you.
Smokin hot photo! Well done princess. I’m sure MF and the state of WA will miss you and your talent. Best, Simon te B
Keeping the sales of massive platform shoes at an all time high.
hahaha….nice one 3:20. That’s right i’ll miss stomping my massive platforms around here….especially MF, which after four and a half years feels like home. Without going into a full-on goodbye speech, I’d like to say a big thank you to the three great partners I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the years Paul, Muz and Guy. You’re all amazingly talented and I feel privileged to have work with you. And Tinning, thanks for taking me under your wing. i’ve learned heaps.
Hope you can all make it to the Subi for some drinks (date to be confirmed) – I’ll make sure I’m wearing my most impressively massive platforms.
Julia