COOPER AND RICHARDSON DEPART SAATCHI'S WELLINGTON TO STRIKE OUT ON THEIR OWN

After 15 and 14 years respectively at Saatchi & Saatchi Wellington, senior Nigel Richardson and Steve Cooper have signalled that they want to ‘strike out on their own’ in 2007.
“Nige and Steve will continue to work full time on key projects over the next couple of months and then on a project-by-project basis after that”, says Saatchi & Saatchi Wellington General Manager Jonathan Russell. “The guys have decided that after over a decade here, and after more than two years leading the agency, its time to move on.”
“We will miss them hugely,” says Russell. “They have a rare mix of huge experience and huge openness to new channels, new ideas and have been generous in the way they have mentored the new teams they have brought on board. But I also understand the desire for a change, and it does allow us to move towards setting up a slightly different creative structure here in Wellington.”
The first step in that structure will be the appointment of a Wellington based creative director. The search for the right person to fill this role is currently underway.