ASIA-PACIFIC – SINGAPORE, AUGUST 18, 2010 – BBH Asia Pacific has welcomed Creative Director Tinus Strydom back into the agency.
Tinus spent five years at BBH as copywriter between 2001 to 2006, working on award winning campaigns including Axe (Silky Kumar) and Levi’s (Women’s Classic 501 campaign – that went on to become the most awarded print campaign in the world – Gunn report 2003).
Tinus made his way from junior to senior copywriter at BBH before venturing to New York to work with agencies Anomaly and BBDO. Accounts he has worked on include AT&T, General Electric, Converse, Virgin, The Economist and BBC.
He returns to BBH as Creative Director armed with a fresh set of integrated skills and will work on existing BBH accounts and new business pitches.
Steve Elrick, Regional Executive Director, BBH Asia said: “Tinus popped up back in Singapore with even more experience under his belt from different markets and different disciplines – which only made it more of a no-brainer to get him back on board,”
BBH currently holds MEDIA’s Creative Agency of the Year Award title. Its’ Clients include Unilever (Vaseline, Axe, Surf) Singapore Tourism Board, Perfetti Van Melle (Mentos, Chupa Chups), The Coca Cola Company (Minute Maid), Diageo (Johnnie Walker) and NTUC Income.
