Republik of Sydney opens for business – headed by former CommBank marketer Mason Williams

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Mason w.pngAfter almost 10 years in Freemans Bay, New Zealand Indie agency Republik opens the doors to its Sydney office, located in Surry Hills, headed by account director, Mason Williams (pictured), who will help establish a base and lead account service on Republik’s Australian business.

Mason joins Republik after spending the last two and a half years as marketing manager at Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Before crossing over to the client side, he was a senior account director at George Patterson Y&R for almost four years, working on Panasonic, Waratahs Rugby, Telstra, AGL, Star City and LG Electronics. Prior to that he’s worked at a number of Sydney based agencies in senior account service roles.

“Mason joins us with a huge amount of account leadership experience and a hands on attitude, which is critical when you’re setting up. He’s actually not a bad bloke, apart from being a staunch supporter of the Wallabies,” says Republik director, Paul McNamara.

“It’s no real surprise, it’s not been a matter of if, but when. Over the past two years we’ve enjoyed a lot of success across the Tasman and it’s now time to lay down a foundation for us to build on. In the short term creative and production will continue to be managed out of Freemans Bay, but this will change as demand on recourse increases. There’s a lot of opportunity for us in Oz and we’re really excited about the potential.”