Grieve and Kim sign on with Lowe Sydney

CB Exclusive – Lowe Sydney has beefed up its creative department, hiring Hamish Grieve and Derrick Kim to work across all its accounts. Between the two of them, they’ve won trophies at Cannes, D&AD, AWARD, NY Festivals, The One Show and ADMA.

Writer Hamish Grieve (above left) started his advertising career in Auckland, under the guidance of Kiwi legends Roy Meares and Jeremy Taine. After a stint at WRC he moved to Sydney in 2007, freelancing at The Furnace, JWT, M&C Saatchi and The Campaign Palace. (Grieve also found a seat at the startup Ward 6, creating work that helped them win the Emerging Agency of the Year award.)

Art Director Derrick Kim (above right) won a Gold Lion as a junior at Mojo Sydney. He caught the eye of Nick Worthington and spent two years at Mojo Auckland, being named Best Young Creative in Australasia in 2005.  After a short stint at BBDO Singapore, he headed back to Sydney and helped 303 secure business including PepsiCo, National binge drinking, Honda, and Gloria Jeans.

Says Lowe Sydney ECD Mel Peters: “We hired Hamish and Derrick as freelancers and they quickly made themselves indispensable. Their work is sharp and entertaining and I’m looking forward to seeing lots more of it in 2011.”