Singapore – BBDO/Proximity Singapore appointed Jonathan Teo to the position of ECD. Teo who has produced award winning creative at all major award shows will be joining the agency in August and will work together with Chief Creative Officer and Chairman Danny Searle in developing the creative department.
Jonathan brings 20 years of industry experience—having started his career in Singapore working with Neil French, he has spent most of his career in Sydney, Australia at Saatchi & Saatchi and Campaign Palace Sydney followed by five years at George Patterson. He moved back to Asia and recently as CCO of Y&R in China, first in Beijing then Shanghai, looking after the key accounts across Greater China.
Throughout his career Jonathan has worked across a broad range of international global brands including Toyota, Lexus, P&G, Panasonic, LG, Telstra, Optus, ANA Airline, Commonwealth Bank, Qantas Airways, Goodman Fielder, Sanitarium, Australian Meat & Live stock Corporation, Arnott’s, The Smith’s Snackfood Company, Danone and many others. Jonathan has won awards in all of the industry’s biggest shows, including Cannes and D&AD.
Danny Searle, Chief Creative Officer & Chairman, says “ I have known Jonathan for ages and worked with him at Campaign Palace in Australia. It is going to be fantastic to work with him again. He is a seriously good Creative Director and has done great work everywhere he has been.”
BBDO/Proximity SEA President and Singapore CEO, Jean-Paul Burge, says “This is one of those critical hires that will play a part in defining the next few years of the development of our Singapore office. Jonathan was a shoe-in the moment we started talking and quite frankly his book speaks for itself. Highly creative, highly accomplished and a thoroughly nice guy, Jonathan will fit in easily into our culture and help us in the next stage of growth as well as in continuing to deliver great integrated work for our clients”
