Jon Loke to leave Ogilvy for Y&R Singapore and Somjai Satjatham signs on at Whybin Singapore
Over the past few days news of two senior creative appointments in Singapore has surfaced.
In a coup for both agencies, Y&R Singapore has signed up Ogilvy & Mather’s head of art Jon Loke (pictured left) and WHYBIN\Singapore has lured talented senior art director Somjai Satjatham to the agency. Satjatham is currently at Y&R Singapore.
Loke joined Ogilvy in December 2009 after working in top agencies including Leo Burnett Singapore, Saatchi & Saatchi Singapore and Mother London. He was a judge in Cannes this year.
It is believed Y&R has also made two other appointments to their creative department. More details when known.
Satjatham has more than 15 years experience across agencies like McCanns, Publicis an Leo Burnett. At Y&R he has created award winning work on Sony and Mint Museum of Toys. WHYBIN\Singapore is aligned with TBWA and was set up in 2011 to handle Australian and New Zealand clients with presence in Singapore and regionally.
TBWA Singapore creative director Mel du Toit confirmed Satjatham appointment but said it was too early to go into details: “We are really excited to have attracted such a talented art director. A full press release will be issued when he joins us.”
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Great news! Two fo the nicest guy in advertising…
Congrats Somjai!
You are the only art director who spent sleepless nights just to make sure my copy was impossible to read.
And lived.
You will soar wherever you go.
TBWA is lucky to have you on their team.
Good news for two talented guys.
Well done Y&R and TBWA
Over-rated is what I feel after reading this article.
Leo Burnett and Saatchi Singapore top agencies? Really?
Top agencies for awards on brands that earn zero revenue… This is just another round of musical chairs on the pro-active ad circuit…nothing to get too excited about.
To be fair, was it supposed to say “mediocre agencies run into the ground?”
@Wang
Obviously not now. But they were top agencies during the respective periods in which Jon was there.
But of course, by “top”….that means Scam-based.
That being said, Jon is a great guy, and very down to earth. Glad to see that he is moving to greener pastures.
Gratz to Jon & Somjai! Awesome fellas!
Not actually true, Saatchi and Burnett were once pretty OK outfits (yes scam based but what else is there in Singapore?) And Mother London would be a “top agency” for sure so it’s fairly accurate overall.
Good for them. Talented guys. Good hires.
@Wang – interested to hear who you think are our 3 top agencies here. DDB? BBH? Ogilvy?
Congrats to Jon Loke. He did the work, he got the credit he deserved and less. Others just put there name on the work once it started winning but not Mr. Loke. Humble and a true blue A.D.. More people leaving Ogilvy soon. The CVs are all over town. Anyway, congrats Jon, we learned a lot from you!
Somjai and Jon great news for you both. Keep being the great humble people that you both are.
Somjai is highly talented.
Excellent hire by TBWA.
As far as genuinely talented and humble art directors go, I’ll take Somjai over the “big-name” fakers out there anytime.
It’s very refreshing to hear such positive stuff heaped on Jon & Somjai.
See!
Cream always rises.
We saw the Cannes stuff at Ogilvy this evening. Word on the 7th floor was that the top end credits were given to stack up the points for the top creative guy. Do CCOs need points still? If you did the work fine, but if you didn’t, just let the boys who did it get it. i.e.: Jon and Stev. I don’t get it really. No wonder all those guys left for y&r Sg. Good luck to you boys and well done J. Loke. It’s really a very awkward situation now. This is such a conspiracy. Congrats Jon. IT WON’T WIN. Remember those words 🙂
Everyone who doesn’t have a valid reason to justify his title or package lives and dies by these worthless points.
The shortest distance between a monthly paycheck to UB40 is a cannes shortlist.
Close but no cigar!
Hence the desperate hogging of credits.
Red Red Wine?
Proof that once again, good guys win.
The points are the game now guys. It won’t end ever so we need to just win at any cost. That’s life. It’s just harder to win at agencies that don’t endorse it.