Colenso BBDO deputy creative director Karl Fleet lured to associate CD gig at The Palace Sydney

July 14 2011, 2:12 pm | BY Lynchy | 3 Comments

Screen shot 2011-07-14 at 2.14.54 PM.jpgIn a major coup, Colenso BBDO, Auckland deputy creative director Karl Fleet has been lured to The Campaign Palace, Sydney as associate creative director -effective August 1 – reporting to national chief creative officer, Reed Collins.

The multi-awarded Fleet has been at Colenso since March, 2008, joining from Publicis Mojo, Auckland.

He is the highest ranked creative in the world on Bestads over the last decade and was named Campaign Brief’s top creative in Australasia in 2009.

 

Fleet’s creative and effectiveness award haul includes gold at One Show, eight Cannes Lions (including back to back gold), 12 pencils at AWARD and regular appearances in the D&AD Annual.

Karl Fleet.jpgIn New Zealand he has won numerous Gold Axis awards as well as gold at the NZ Effies. His portfolio includes multi award winning campaigns for Speights ‘Great Beer delivery’, Schweppes short film festival, Hallensteins, Lift Plus, V, DB Export, Mizone and Amnesty International.

Says Fleet: “The Campaign Palace was the place to be when I started my career. It’s an amazing brand and once again on its way up. I really want to be one of the team that puts it back on the creative map.

“For the past eight years, I have worked under one of the best creative directors in the business, Nick Worthington, who as a boss and mentor has taught me so much.

“But I can’t wait to learn some new tricks, working with Reed and the rest of the crew at The Palace. Reed has done one of my all time favorite campaigns (Fox Sports) and has worked at some of the best shops around the world. He is a truly international talent. When you put him with the potential of The Palace, it was too good an opportunity to pass up.”

Says Collins: “Karl has done an amazing body of work in NZ. He is passionate, tenacious, and very talented. Bringing with him a very diverse perspective on how creativity can deliver for our clients and partners. He will be a wonderful addition to the core group of people currently here. And the fact he’s a lucha libre fan doesn’t hurt either.”