adam&eveDDB lures Colenso BBDO’s Cannes Lions Grand-Prix-winning creative team Charlotte Upton and Callum McDonald to London

Cannes Lions Grand Prix-winning creatives, Charlotte Upton and Callum McDonald, have joined adam&eveDDB in London.  The pair, who won the Radio Grand Prix at Cannes Lions this year for their Skinny “Phone It In” campaign, join adam&eveDDB from Colenso BBDO, Auckland, where they worked on accounts including Mars, WWF, and Spark.

In addition to winning the top prize at Cannes, Upton and McDonald were named Emerging Talent of the Year at the New Zealand AXIS Awards, and picked up a further two D&AD Yellow Pencils and two Grands Prix at Spikes Asia in 2023 alone.

Says Ant Nelson and Mike Sutherland, Executive Creative Directors at adam&eveDDB: “Charlotte and Callum are a force to be reckoned with. In the short period of time they’ve been in the industry they’ve made some really interesting, different shaped work and we couldn’t be happier to have them at the agency.”

Says McDonald: “150 years ago my ancestors spent six terrifying months sailing from Britain to New Zealand to secure a better life for them and their descendants. It was all for nothing because I’m back to make some ads for the top creative agency in the UK. I’m sure they’d understand.”

Adds Upton: “We’re ready to learn a lot from the talented folks at adam&eveDDB, ride a Boris bike and for our accents to become a muddled, confused mess.”