Wunderman Thompson has strengthened its creative departments in Sydney and Melbourne with new hires and promotions.

Stephanie Gwee has just joined the Melbourne office as associate creative director from BBH in Singapore, where she spent the past 6.5 years launching global campaigns for brands like Absolut and Nike. She was also the global creative lead on Mulberry. Her work has been recognised at all major global award shows, including Singapore’s first ever Grand Prix at the One Show.

Gwee commented, “Wunderman Thompson has a strong combination of creativity and innovation, and this foundation can only mean that the agency is poised to continue to grow from strength to strength. So, when the opportunity came knocking, it was an easy decision to move countries to be part of the team. Watch this space.” 

Also joining the Melbourne office are junior team, Adriana Agustin-Radelja and Sarah Fumo, as well as Grace Hurley, whose experience includes a graphic designer stint with Puma in New York, as junior art director. Rhys Delios Callanan also transitions from editor and creator into the creative team,

In Sydney, Dean Shein has joined as copywriter, having recently achieved second place at the New South Wales AWARD School. He’ll be teaming-up with Julian Batty, who transitions from design into an art-director role. 

Also joining the Sydney office is creative director, Joe Hawkins, who transfers from Wunderman Thompson Perth after helping lead the team to last year’s dominant performance at the PADC awards, picking up 15 trophies, including Best of Show and 3 Golds. He also won Western Australia’s first ever Creative Data Lion for The R Word project and comes with an array of internationally awarded work under his belt, for work across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Hawkins is also a long-time AWARD School and Ad School copywriting tutor.

João Braga, national chief creative officer at Wunderman Thompson in Australia, stated, “At Wunderman Thompson, we’re after progressive thinkers, curious people who are comfortable working at the intersection of creativity, tech and culture. We feel really lucky to have these incredibly talented individuals in our camp. Steph brings in some truly world-class thinking, whereas Joe’s move to Sydney adds heaps to our creative calibre here. These two combined with such fresh energy and talent are an amazing booster to our national team and are already pushing the boundaries of our creative offering.”

Cover image l-r: Adriana Agustin-Radelja, Sarah Fumo, Dean Shein, Julian Batty, Stephanie Gwee, Rhys Delios Callanan, Grace Hurley, Joe Hawkins)