Culture&Theory poaches ex-Stanley Street CCO Regan Grafton to head up creative
Following yesterday’s news of multi-award-winning CCO Regan Grafton’s departure from Stanley Street, the rapidly expanding Culture and Theory has nabbed Grafton (above left) to head up its creative offering effective from August 3rd.
Says Jonte Goldwater (right), MD, Culture&Theory: “We’re excited to add a world-class creative leader to our super talented strategy, design, and digital line-up. We’re on a mission to build a team that delivers thinking, creativity, and technology that is truly connected up, and with Regan’s experience across multiple disciplines, he’s the perfect fit. And on top of that, he’s a bloody good bloke.”
Says Grafton: “I’m thrilled to be part of a wonderful team of talented and nice people. Jonte and Amy have created a fantastic culture based on values and integrity which connected with me. I was also impressed by Jonte’s vast marketing background and his depth of understanding of client business. This combined with Amy Frengley’s world-class strategic expertise made for a very compelling offer that I couldn’t turn down.”
Says Amy Frengley (centre), strategy director, Culture&Theory: “Regan is a game-changer for C&T. A creative star in the industry whose joining enables us to evolve fully into offering clients true end-to-end solutions. We’re chuffed to have him, and what it means for us as a business.”
Grafton exits Stanley Street after five and a half years at the helm. During that time he produced many impactful campaigns for clients like NZ Police, BP, Auckland Council, and Restaurant Brands. His work was recognised with many local and international awards, including Ogilvy’s first Grand Axis, D&AD’s, Cannes Lions, gold Effies, and most recently, Asia Pacific Effie Agency of the year.
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Well done, Mr Grafton.
Exciting times.
If I had a spare seat at my afternoon lunch booking at The Northern Club then I’d invite you to join. But alas I’ll be dining with my favourite merchant bankers and yachties.
Going from a big agency with big budgets doing big ads and having a big department to carry it off, and then going to a small agency with even smaller budgets etc might be a culture shock.
It needn’t be.
I’m sure doing internal comms will be a delightful change of pace for you.
I hope you still remember how to use all those fancy graphics programs that cost a small fortune to keep subscriptions up to date. I always thought paste up was so much better because of the lack of capital expenditure and it kept the ever pesky studio managers in their place.
Either way, enjoy the brochures and the PowerPoint designs.
Welcome to being an agency owner.
Hope you scored a car park in your contract.
I’ll email you once you have a computer and we’ll do lunch.
Your shout.
I’ll pass on all my knowledge for free.
Beware, my taste in wine is not cheap!
You sound like a tool who’s only impressing himself.
STFU
Grow up