Internationally awarded creatives “come home”

AUCKLAND, Today: Colenso BBDO has signed senior creative team Emily Joe & Simone Louis – previously with The Monkeys Aotearoa and TBWA\.

The pair first “consciously coupled as a creative team” at Colenso.

Joe is the author and illustrator of an award-winning children’s book, My Cat Can See Ghosts, as well as pre-award-winning book My Real Dog. 

Louis, who worked in Sydney and New York before returning to New Zealand, has two small children. In her free time she ponders “what it would be like to have free time”. 

“I’ve worked with both Emily and Simone before – but never with their powers combined.”

They said, via a joint statement:  “Colenso gave us both our first jobs, in different eras, so there are a lot of good memories here for both of us.

It’s exciting to be here with this lovely collection of humans, trying our best to make work that impacts culture.”

Colenso CCO Si Vicars said: “I’ve worked with both Emily and Simone before but never with their powers combined.

“It’s exciting to have their incredible craft and creativity in our department, and great to welcome them both back to Colenso”