Special Group has lured Tom Martin (left) and Julian Schreiber (right), two of Australia's most respected creative leaders, to join Cade Heyde, Dave Hartmann and Lindsey Evans as partners in the Australian business.
Schreiber and Martin join from
Cummins&Partners Sydney where they helped establish a strong
business with some great talent; attracting clients like Puma, HBF,
Tourism Noosa and University of Tasmania to name a few.
Prior to joining Cummins&Partners in April 2015,
they were ECDs with Johannes Leonardo in New York where their work for
clients like TripAdvisor, Sony PlayStation, Adidas and google helped
them to significantly grow that business. The pair joined Johannes Leonardo in November 2013 from Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne.
Says Lindsay Evans, founding partner and CEO, Special Group: "Our global
search led us to the perfect partners just around the corner. Their
experience, ambition and shared values are second to none and there is
perfect alignment in approach to creativity, culture and commerce. Tom
and Jules are creative problem solvers in the truest sense."
Their
international reputation was built in the early days of their career at
Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, where they created highly effective work
including the SXSW & Best in Show AWARD awarded 'Remote Control
Tourist', the Cannes Grand Prix winning NAB 'Break Up' campaign, the
multiple gold lion winning Guide Dogs 'Support Scent' and the Four'N
Twenty Salad Plate. With over 200 advertising awards to their names,
their more recent ones include 21 Cannes lions, a D&AD black pencil,
multiple One Show pencils and Clios. Also notably, both as a creative
team and as creative directors, they've won the Best of Show award at
Australian AWARD three times.
The pair take over from Matty Burton and Dave Bowman, who exited Special Group to join Google in April this year.
Says
Evans: "Tom and Jules join Special Group with incredible
momentum and opportunity we have some of the most exciting opportunities
of our careers in front of us working across brand strategy,
experience, design and advertising with brilliant clients and world
class talent in a wonderful culture."