Archibald / Williams hires three new staff in account management following growth spurt

Archibald / Williams has announced today that it has hired three new staff in account management following its recent growth spurt.

Katy Dixon joins as senior account director and will head up the News Ltd account including The Australian. Prior to joining the agency Dixon was senior account director with Moon Communications and before that was freelance business director with Droga5 Sydney.   Before joining Droga Dixon ran The Times and The Sunday Times News International business whilst at CHI & Partners in London, managing a team of account managers, account executives and producers across several parts of the account. She also worked for AIS London.

Says Dixon: “I’m extremely excited to be part of a young and entrepreneurial agency like Archibald / Williams and it’s great to be working with Stu again.”

Ben Kassel joins the agency as senior account manager. Prior to this he was with Ogilvy in Sydney working on the American Express business, and before that was with JWT in Germany and TBWA in London.

Natalie Martin joins as account manager. Martin was previously with Saatchi & Saatchi followed by The Works in Sydney, and prior to this she was with McCann Erickson in the UK.

In further news Archibald / Williams has also promoted Keely Robards to account director.  Previously senior account manager, Robards has been working with Stuart Archibald and Bram Williams for a few years having first joined them in New York in 2010. 

Says Robards: “Having worked with Bram and Stu since A/W first opened its doors, I’ve been lucky enough to be involved in brave and insight-based campaigns for a broad range of clients. A/W breeds high quality work and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to take a more prominent role.”

(Pictured L-R: Stuart Archibald, Ben Kassel, Keely Robards, Katy Dixon, Natalie Martin, Bram Williams).