BBDO appoints senior writer and art director

Singapore - BBDO Singapore has hired Boyd Champness and Roland Wong as senior writer and art director respectively.

"Boyd and Roland have been working at BBDO on a freelance basis for a number of months. During this time they have made a significant contribution to the agency across a number of clients. We have made a concerted effort to attract the best talent to further strengthen our creative offer," Jean-Paul Burge, MD for BBDO Singapore, said.

Champness reports to BBDO Singapore, ECD, Jagdish Ramakrishnan and since his arrival to Singapore in 2002, has worked for for Draft, Tequila and Ogilvy Redcard as well as on accounts such as the BBC, The Economist, Visa, Unilever, Pepsi, Emirates, Masterfoods, KrisFlyer, Motorola and Tiger.

Wong also reports to Ramakrishnan and he has worked across clients such as Peugeot, Heineken, Visa, Singapore Airlines, Starhub, OCBC Bank and the Singapore Tourism Board. In the past two years he has been freelancing and in the last 12 years he has worked for CreAds, Bates Singapore and Batey.