Indie digital agency Online Circle Digital bolsters creative department with four new appointments

Independent digital agency, Online Circle Digital continues to expand its business with four new hires. The agency has grown its creative department by four with the addition of two new copywriters and two art directors, former journalists Khiara Elliott and Alex Barrow, and international designers Felipe Carrasco and Luis Peñuela.

Elliott joins from Melbourne newspaper CBD News where she was the lead journalist as well as the lifestyle and fashion editor. Barrow joins Online Circle all the way from New Zealand, where she was the fashion and travel writer for online global fashion magazine, Lucire and publications from Newsroom to Playboy.

South American award winning art directors Luis Peñuela and Felipe Carrasco, AKA “The Colombians”, have also joined the Online Circle Digital team. Between them, Peñuela and Carrasco bring over fifteen years of industry knowledge and experience, and have already worked on local campaigns for brands such as Mondelez, Mercedes-Benz and Parmalat.

The team is spearheaded by creative lead, Freya Beaton.

Says Beaton: “An Aussie, a Kiwi, two award-winning Colombians… I’m very excited by the diversity and energy these talented individuals bring to the team. This year is going to be our best yet.”

Managing director Lucio Ribeiro is ecstatic to be growing the creative team: “2017 is the year where I will invest all I can in creative talent. The world of advertising has become crowded and noisy. Creative work wins and grows business.”

All hires have already started.

Online Circle Digital offers a full spectrum of digital services including strategy; social, search and content marketing; digital education; tech development; data and insights and digital media buying.

(Pictured L-R: Alex Barrow, Felipe Carrasco, Luis Peñuela (back), Lucio Ribeiro (center), Khiara Elliott and Freya Beaton)