ROMEO Digital appoints ex-Lavender executive creative director Marco Eychenne to CD role

Ex-Lavender ECD Marco Eychenne (centre) has joined independent digital creative agency ROMEO in the position of creative director. Now in its third year of operation, ROMEO is the digital sibling of leading Brisbane independent, Rumble Creative & Media.

Says Scott Esdaile and Oscar Nicholson, co-founders, ROMEO: “We’re thrilled to have Marco join as we expand the agency’s creative and UX/CX offering. He is an inspiring creative leader and the perfect fit for ROMEO’S approach of persuasive ideas enabled by technology.”

Eychenne was previously ECD at Lavender Sydney, where he led the agency’s creative and customer experience offering for five years. Over his past 10 years as a creative director, he has amassed more than 100 national and international awards and contributed to 7 Agency of the Year wins. He was also voted one of the top 20 creative minds in the 2017 AdNews Creativity List.

Says Eychenne: “It’s exciting to join ROMEO at this time and be part of the integrated Rumble agency model. The place is packed with talent, where tech and creative truly work together to achieve the best for our clients. Right now we are working on exciting digital experience projects that have great purpose. Truly living up to the ROMEO adage, “we love what’s next”.”

Says Esdaile, who has worked previously with Eychenne: “Marco’s positivity and passion is contagious, as are his ideas.” Eychenne joins as ROMEO adds new clients Surf Life Saving Queensland and Tourism and Events Queensland to an enviable list that also includes Sunsuper, Unilever and Microsoft.