Cowan continues international expansion opening Singapore office with Karen Jones as CD

Branding and design company, Cowan, has announced the recent opening of an office inSingapore with Karen Jones appointed as creative director.

Jones began working at Cowan in the Melbourne office as a senior designer in 2005 beforetaking on the role of creative director in Beijing in 2008. Singapore is Cowan’s fifth international office to open since 2003.

“We work with big brands everywhere in the world, and Singapore will be the same. There are a number of companies moving head office operations into Singapore so it wasalways our long term plan to move there,” said group managing director ofCowan, Chris Tremewen.

“It was important to us that we have a similar team culture in all of our offices. In order to do this in Singapore we made sure all new staff had time on ground in our Sydney and Melbourne offices, and specifically appointed Karen who has been such an integral part of the Cowan team.”

Since its opening, the agency has picked up Kraft and retailer Shop n Save, as well asmaking a number of staff appointments. This includes business director, Jill Murdoch, who previously headed up M&C Saatchi in Singapore and associate creative director Dale Evans, who joins from Design Bridge in Singapore.

Singapore is expected to become the hub of Cowan’s south-east Asia operations with amigration of teams planned over the next two months. This new hub is set to provide Cowan with additional opportunities for business growth and an opportunity for staff to meet the demands of clients more effectively.