Wunderman welcomes a new Account Manager

It is with absolute pleasure that we announce a new face - Julia Herbert.

Growing up in Chatswood, NSW, Julia joins us as Account Manager with a digital focus. Having previous worked as an account director working on a mix of clients and projects, Julia will be working closely with team members and clients at Wunderman.

Julia is a self-confessed Facebook dependant with an arty side. She uses her spare time to paint and draw… maybe the Wunderpeeps might be able to convince her to paint something for the office!

Welcome to the team Julia!

A Wunderman Melbourne update

We know it’s only March but Wunderman Melbourne has had a busy year! It’s all started with the launch of the Colonial Buy Smart iPad app which was a 2 week retail blitz campaign (picture below) that prompted 8,000 new members added to the database as well as a sales total of $1,438,718!

We also had the launch of the brand new Killawarra website and Facebook page which is being promoted with the amazing Killawara K Klub giveaway. We’d be lying if we said we weren’t jealous of the winners of this VIP experience. Limo service and free Killawara? What a great night out!

For this event Killawara is pairing up with She Can DJ and giving away a personally signed She Can DJ presents Minx CD, plus K Klub shows featuring She Can DJ artists at top nightclubs around Australia.

A work in progress, the Melbourne office has created a brand-new experience for potential new car owners. The Ford Falcon, a powerful sedan, is set to suit even the most dedicated Ute drivers. Wunderman Melbourne has created a website component called an 'experience tab' which allows visitors to explore each and every way the car can possibly be built. Coming soon are videos which will demonstrate how each component of the car functions so that possible buyers can choose the best features for their needs.

Sticking with the current theme, the Ford website has introduced these ‘experience’ tabs all over the website. The all-new Ford Kuga is a dynamic, high-quality vehicle that calls out to adventurous drivers. Videos are on display throughout the website to ensure that each user gets a full-on experience and can see all of the angles that this SUV has to offer. Check out the Wunderman team’s handy work.

Monster challenge for Digital Production team

Once a month there is Digital Production team meet for a team building activity. This month the team were given the monstrous challenge of building pipe cleaner monsters.

As you can see from the pictures in this post, each and every one of the team expresses themselves in a very unique way, and in any contest, there can be only one winner and this month’s winner.

Voted by an independent 3^rd party, Nicole Green won with her monster “Snooki” (below). Snooki the hideous monster was not available for an interview.

No monsters were hurt in the making of this blog post and all monsters were promptly freed into the wilderness of the Sydney streets.

For more information feel free to contact us via our Twitter or Facebook page.

Wunderful start for new recruits

This week Wunderman are proud to announce an additional two new members of staff to the Wunderteam!

Firstly let’s give a warm welcome to Arthur Lin.

Arthur has a Masters in Master of Engineering Science from the Melbourne University and can speak fluent Mandarin.

He will be joining the Wunderman team as a CRM analyst in both our Sydney and Melbourne office.

Next we’ve got Emily Burns who joins us from Wunderman in the UK as an account manager. With previous experience with Global Nokia team, she will be an excellent addition to the Nokia team in Sydney.

As a graduate from Bath University, it is her first time in Australia and she looks forward to exploring everything that Australia has to offer.

Out with the old

Unfortunately this post isn’t dedicated to new members of the Wunderman team.

We sadly announce that our own Hakan Gogebakan will be leaving Wunderman Sydney after 3 years working on the Nokia account. A crucial part of the team, he supported account setup, operationalisation of the business and major campaign management. Hakan recounted one particular favourable moment:

“My wife and I welcomed our baby boy into the world on April 20^th 2010, we received a sweet package from the team at Wunderman. Package was generous and warm hearted. We appreciated the kind gesture – most importantly the ‘thought counted’!”He’s now leaving us for DGM Australia, but he fondly remembers his time at Wunderman.

We will miss you Hakan!

Students given an excuse to use fake tan

Who would have thought that using fake tan could get you a whole host of prizes?

In conjunction with MTV, Microsoft is running a Back to University competition called the ‘Lighten Up Challenge’.

Students enter the competition as a team to compete in various fun activities such as a Jersey Shore tanning competition where they have one minute to tan their team mate along with a hot tub foam fumble and other activities.

Prizes include an exceptional ‘Back to Uni’ pack which includes an Acer S3 Ultrabook with Windows, Nokia Lumia, tickets to Creamfields and much more!

This challenge is open to students aged 18-25 that are about to or currently attend Sydney and Melbourne university.

Students can access the registration form by clicking on this link.

Wunderman Valentine’s BBQ

It started as if it was any other day. Coffee was consumed, meetings were managed and emails were exchanged. Yet the staff members of Wunderman had no idea what was in store for them...

Lunch beckoned and our Wundermen and Wunderwomen leapt from their desks to find a beautiful Valentine’s Day BBQ.

From succulent barbeque chicken to thirst-quenching melon (and even a drop of rosé), the Wunderful Serena Wong, Hakan Gogebakan, Tamie Wong, Judit Sandor, Elaine Loke, Emily Murison and Heidi Robinson tirelessly slaved to reward the hardworking staff at Wunderman.

Readers will be pleased to know that very single member of the Wunderman BBQ team were all held responsible by senior management for the resulting rotund bellies and placid smiles.

...So here’s a loving thank you to the team and we all plead for the same performance again next year!

Office Fooz

The crew at Wunderman Sydney take their foosball seriously. Very seriously.

So when they could no longer perform even the most basic trick-shots on their table because it had become so dilapidated from overuse that it was being held together by sticky tape and string, frustrations with the shitty old table boiled over and the crew needed to settle the score.

We yelled for Cadel

Tour de France winner Cadel Evans flew into Melbourne for a mere 72 hours this week to celebrate his incredible win on his home turf.

Highlight of the visit was the closing of the city's busiest boulevard to allow Cadel to cycle to Federation Square where a massive crowd had gathered to celebrate his win with him.

Suffice to say a handful of Wunderkids sneaked away from their desks to join the throng!

Serious meeting

Ten people gathered attentively around the whiteboard for the most important meeting we've ever seen in Wunderman. Jeremy Wilson was taking the basketball team, the Wunderhoops, through some play tactics. Jeremy's a strategist, of course.

The Wunderhoops play against other corporate teams – bankers and such. No-one really knows actually. They just turn up, talk some smack, shoot some hoops, push each other around, get sweaty, and hopefully win.

Cheer 'em on.

Winter Wunderland

The Melbourne Wunderkids joined their colleagues from the Y&R Brands Group for the annual 162 Collins Mid-Year Party this week.

The theme was Snow and our creative department had everybody talking when they made their entrance in their superb snowman outfits.

As you can imagine a seriously fun time was had by all. Stay tuned as we may add more photos soon.

Recycled agency lunch

After a particularly hectic week in the Melbourne office many of the Wunderkids took time out for a very special agency lunch at Hare & Grace.

What made it so special? Well apart from seriously good wagyu burgers and fabulous Fat Yak on tap, the eatery was designed by Joost.


Never heard of Joost? Shame on you!

Joost Bakker is a true original in the world of design. He works in and with recycled and re-used materials. He's big on plants and greenery too. Click here to find out more.


Note the homemade tomato sauce. Yummo!

The Little Nation That Could?

The Direct Lions jury is completely gob-smacked at the small European nation of Liechtenstein. Not a single entry has been relegated to the ‘no’ pile.

Could they be the new Brazil or Belgium?

Only the second and third round of judging will tell.

Each year, the Cannes Lions reveals one or two nations that manage to out-stage all others with their creative genius. Is this Liechtenstein’s year?

This landlocked country in central Europe, bordered by Switzerland and Austria, has managed to prove to the Direct Lions jury that they can do no wrong. The jury members, representing these neighboring nations as well as USA, UK, Brazil, New Zealand, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Singapore, Israel, Germany, Canada, Argentina and South Africa are all entirely taken aback by the small European nation’s effort at the Cannes Lions.

It is not known which agencies within this country have unified to show the world stage their tenacity, creativity and originality, but the results shall prove very interesting and surprising indeed at the Direct Lions Award ceremony on Monday 20 June in Cannes.


Matt Batten
Creative Director, Wunderman
Direct Lions Jury

Too cute!

Always ready to lend a hand whenever people are in need, Melbourne producer Lisa O'Brien was at the front of the queue for the animal charity fundraiser Bark in The Park this weekend. Too cute!

A Warm Reception

Our Sydney office has finally completed the reception area fit-out following the move to new premises earlier in the year. A swanky custom-built reception desk has been installed, complete with logo cut-out illuminated from inside in brand purple (that apparently changes to red for Christmas and green for St Patrick's day). All our national clients have been neatly displayed in purple frames in a French hang, and the big W proudly welcomes all visitors. Sweet.

A huge morning tea

Our Melbourne office took part in Australia's Biggest Morning Tea this morning. This fantastic charitable event raises much needed funds to help people with cancer.

What made this morning's tea so special was that many of the Wundercrew baked up a storm the night before to provide us with lots of yummy treats. And we do mean lots.

Just seconds after the photo was taken a large plate of bacon sandwiches and a tray of bruschetta arrived. Best of all the little teapot was chock full of cash that we raised for the Cancer Council.

Big shoes filled

We recently had a young fella do work experience in our Melbourne office. Matt Devine is his name and he made such an impression on us we've asked him to join our team.

At the moment we're trying to dream up a nickname for him, because he is seriously tall. So tall in fact he has to duck his head whenever he goes into the kitchen!

With all that height comes a problem we never dreamt of - buying shoes. In fact, as the article above shows, Matt has had so much trouble finding footwear Adidas had to step in and help him.

Click the pic to enlarge, then read full story.

Shanghai Surprise

One of our favourite Wunderkids left us on Friday. Well kinda. Jon Paul has taken up the opportunity to be Digital Creative Director for the Asia Pacific Ford business, based at Wunderman in Shanghai.

JPJ as he is fondly known started his Wunderman career at our office in Sydney, and eventually ended up several years later in our Melbourne office.

Seen here modelling the seriously snazzy manbag we got him as part of his going away present, JP will be much missed. Although we'll obviously be chatting to him about Ford work on a very regular basis.

A wunderful wedding

Although we have no less than four people called Matt working at Wundermelbs we don't have anyone called William or Kate. Which makes you wonder why the Melbourne office spent Friday afternoon celebrating the wedding of Wills & Kate.


As you can see the wedding celebrations pulled quite a crowd. who wined and dined on a yummy range of Royal Wedding themed treats and snacks.

Leading the celebrations were fresh of the boat Matt Morgan and motherland born and bred Lisa O'Brien, who somehow managed to drag Vegemite lover and staunch republican Jules into their commemorative photo.

Wigs of Wunder

The 162 Collins St building was rocking to the sounds of Poison this morning as the kids from creative rocked the eighties to the max. New copywriter Tash and her deskmate Evan got into the groove as of course did Stoddy and Dan.


Not to be outdone by the enthusiasm of the kids, Jon Paul and Stan also took a moment to revisit their youth.

Day On The Green

April Fools day today but there was no joking when it came to Wunderman Melbourne's Day On The Green.


After a very busy week at work the Wundercrew hopped onto the number 96 tram and headed to the idyllic Middle Park Bowls Club for some serious fun in the late afternoon sun.


Stoddy took his bowls very seriously as did the members of his rather weirdly named team The Shuttlecocks.


A great time was had by all as you can probably imagine. Special thanks to all those involved in organising the event and feeding the hungry bowlers with tasty BBQ treats.