Julie Dormand promoted to GM at MercerBell

Julie Dormand, cient services director at Sydney DM agency MercerBell, has been promoted to the newly created role of general manager. She will retain senior client responsibilities while implementing staff training and development plans across the agency.

Having joined MercerBell in 2001 as an account director, Dormond went on to work as a senior account director before becoming an integral part of the management team through her appointment as client services director in 2005.

Dormand has over 15 years’ experience in the industry on both the agency and client side, in Australia and the UK. Before joining MercerBell, she worked at Merrill Lynch HSBC as direct marketing manager and previously at Lowe Lintas and Citibank in Sydney.

Says Nick Mercer, managing director at MercerBell: “Julie is a centralmember of the MercerBell team and has been a vital part of the growthand development of the agency in recent years. Her promotion to GeneralManager is well deserved and demonstrates just how valuable hermanagerial and relationship-building skills are to the future ofMercerBell.”

Dormand’s promotion is in addition to the promotion of Jess Littlewood to group account director to act as Dormand’s 2iC.