Andy Chan and Richard Poon join Edelman Hong Kong’s integrated creative team

Edelman Hong Kong has continued to build its integrated creative team with Andy Chan and Richard Poon taking on roles as the firm’s new Design Director, and Producer and Production Manager, respectively.

Chan (pictured left) brings over 10 years of design experience to the agency, having worked in different design-based companies in the past from product design, graphic design, advertising art directing to in-house branding at Ogilvy UK and HK, DDB and Cathay Pacific.

Poon (pictured right) comes from an animation and design background and brings over eight years of experience to the firm. He has worked as a producer, mostly in the broadcast industry, across brands such as Disney, FOX, National Geographic and CASETIFY.

Continuing to attract top creative talent in the region, Edelman will leverage Chan’s and Poon’s design and production expertise to further enhance the firm’s ability to deliver outstanding work in full-spectrum service.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome Andy and Richard onboard; they are both very experienced talents in their own fields. The expanded Creative and Digital team of 20 at Edelman Hong Kong offer our clients a focus on truly integrated solutions while the industry transforms its expectations around the role and impact of communications,” says John Koay, Edelman’s Executive Creative Director for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand.

The appointments are effective immediately and both will report into Koay.