Ensemble boosts its Melbourne and Sydney agencies with the hiring of three new staff

Branded entertainment specialist business Ensemble is hiring three new staff across its Sydney and Melbourne agencies.

Justin Ricketts (left) managing director of Ensemble Australia, said the agency’s growth reflected an increasing trend among marketers to extend their brand campaigns through the use of customised content, sponsorships and activations.

Ben Edmonds has joined Ensemble’s Melbourne office as senior account director. He has 13 years’ experience in the UK and Australia industries, focused on broadcast and event sponsorship, branded content and activations. He was most recently communications director at OMD Fuse for three years and has managed sponsorship and content led campaigns for clients including Mazda, Bupa and Fonterra.

Leontine De Sutter has joined Ensemble Sydney as sponsorship account director. She is previously communications planning manager at Mediacom, working across clients including Volkswagen, Skoda and Bayer.

Elizabeth Fletcher joins Ensemble Sydney as sponsorship account manager. She was previously with media agency Carat as senior sponsorships executive on Nissan and other clients.

Ensemble, part of the IPG Mediabrands group in Australia, now has total staff of 21.