Innocean Australia hires DDB Sydney CD Steve Jackson for executive creative director role

Australia: Campaign Brief can reveal that Innocean Australia has snared awarded creative director Steve Jackson from DDB Sydney as its new ECD – effective early January – filling the vacuum left after the departure of Dave King back in October.

Jackson joined DDB Sydney in April 2013 as creative director primarily on the McDonald’s account.

Throughout his career, Jackson has picked-up awards at all the major local and international shows, including D&AD, Cannes and One Show and One Show Entertainment.

Co-author of some of Australia’s most memorable campaigns, Jackson worked at Cape Town’s Jupiter Drawing Room before landing in Australia at Publicis Mojo in Melbourne. He then moved to Sydney where he was promoted to creative director at Saatchi & Saatchi, before heading down the road to Droga5 in March 2011.

He’s credited on three of Campaign Brief’s top 30 Australian commercials of the first decade of the 21st Century including Toyota’s ‘Border Security’, Nike’s ‘Reincarnate Now Squirrel’, and Tourism Victoria’s ‘Run Rabbit Run’ from Publicis Mojo, where he also kicked off Toyota’s ‘AFL Legendary Moments’. The Toyota Border Security campaign alone received five Gold Lions at Cannes, another three at Spikes and D&AD and is Saatchi’s most awarded campaign ever.